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Subject: [3.13] gh-106318: Add examples for `str.startswith()` method (GH-144369) (#144480)
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[3.13] gh-106318: Add examples for `str.startswith()` method (GH-144369) (#144480)

gh-106318: Add examples for `str.startswith()` method (GH-144369)
(cherry picked from commit 1b6d737ee0205521333cf5fe6ca6df2d3a6d4ec2)

Co-authored-by: Adorilson Bezerra <adorilson@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 86a84faca976..cca4ed1abdf5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2510,6 +2510,19 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
    test string beginning at that position.  With optional *end*, stop comparing
    string at that position.
 
+   For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> 'Python'.startswith('Py')
+      True
+      >>> 'a tuple of prefixes'.startswith(('at', 'a'))
+      True
+      >>> 'Python is amazing'.startswith('is', 7)
+      True
+
+   See also :meth:`endswith` and :meth:`removeprefix`.
+
 
 .. method:: str.strip(chars=None, /)