Carl Banks <pavlovevide...@gmail.com> wrote: > The end parameter looks pretty useless for > .startswith() and is probably only present for consistency with other > string search methods like .index().
No, the end parameter could be useful if the slice ends up shorter than the
prefix string:
>>> 'abcd'.startswith('abc', 0, 2)
False
Likewise the start parameter for endswith.
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