Python help, string within another based on starting point

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String 1 = ‘text1/text2/text3’
String 2 = ‘text2’
String 3 = ‘text1/text2’

I would like to compare two strings, but start from the left, so using the ‘in’ operator isn’t much good. Using the three strings, comparing String 1 and 2, would return false, comparing String 1 and 3 would return true. Are there built-in python functions that can accomplish this? I’m not sure the best way to ask this question so my usual Google search comes up empty.

Any help is much appreciated.

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Strings in python have a .startswith method.

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Additionally there’s an .endswith for the other direction.

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Perfect, thank you both.