Determines if entries of x start with string (entries of) prefix respectively,
where strings are recycled to common lengths.
     
    
    Usage
    startsWith(x, prefix)
# S4 method for Column
startsWith(x, prefix)
 
    
    Arguments
    - x
- vector of character string whose "starts" are considered 
- prefix
- character vector (often of length one) 
 
    
    Note
    startsWith since 1.4.0