Scala Programming: Check whether a given string starts with 'Sc' or not

Scala Programming Basic Exercise-13 with Solution

Write a Scala program to check whether a given string starts with 'Sc' or not.

Sample Solution:

Scala Code:

object scala_basic {
  def test(str1: String): Boolean = 
    {
     str1.startsWith("Sc")
    }     
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
      println("Result: " + test("Scala"));
      println("Result: " + test("abcd"));
      println("Result: " + test("sc"));
      println("Result: " + test("a"));
    }
}

Sample Output:

Result: true
Result: false
Result: false
Result: false

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