Text Starts With

Uncontrolled node

Overview

The Text Starts With node checks whether a given text string begins with a specified pattern and outputs a boolean result. This is useful for conditional logic, filtering, or validation workflows where you need to verify string prefixes.

Inputs

Input	Type	Description	Default
Text	Text	The source text string to check.	-
Pattern	Text	The prefix pattern to look for at the beginning of the text.	-

Outputs

Output	Type	Description
Starts	Boolean	Returns true if the text starts with the pattern, otherwise false.

Runtime Behavior and Defaults

This node runs automatically whenever its inputs change (uncontrolled behavior).

• Type Safety: If either the Text or Pattern inputs are not strings, the node outputs false.
• Case Sensitivity: The check is case-sensitive. For example, "Hello" does not match "hello".
• Empty Strings: An empty pattern ("") will return true for any text input, as all strings technically start with an empty string.

Example

Basic Usage

Connect a text source to the Text input and specify a pattern to check:

1. Create a Text node with the value: Hello World
2. Connect it to the Text input of the Text Starts With node
3. Set the Pattern input to: Hello
4. The Starts output will return: true

Conditional Workflow

Use the output to drive conditional logic:

[Text Node: "Invoice_12345"] 
       |
       v
[Text Starts With: Pattern="Invoice_"] 
       |
       v
[If Node: Test=Starts output]
   |         |
 true      false
   |         |
[Process]  [Skip]

In this example, the workflow branches based on whether a filename starts with "Invoice_".