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# begins

begins() function is the Standard function available in 200OK 

**Description** : The fx\_begins function checks if a text begins with specified characters and returns TRUE if it does, otherwise FALSE.

**Syntax** : fx\_begins(text, compare\_text)

**Example**: fx\_begins(Hello, Hel) returns true as the response because the first string indeed begins with 'Hel'.

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