check if value starts with javascript code example

Example 1: javascript string starts with

//checks if a string starts with a word
function startsWith(str, word) {
    return str.lastIndexOf(word, 0) === 0;
}
startsWith("Welcome to earth.","Welcome"); //true

Example 2: check if js string begin with word

const str1 = 'Saturday night plans';

console.log(str1.startsWith('Sat'));
// expected output: true

console.log(str1.startsWith('Sat', 3));
// expected output: false