Public Class Example
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim strSource() As String = { "<b>This is bold text</b>", 
                         "<H1>This is large Text</H1>", 
                         "<b><i><font color = green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>", 
                         "<b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>", 
                         "<This line simply begins with a lesser than symbol, it should not be modified" }

      ' Display the initial string array.
      Console.WriteLine("The original strings:")
      Console.WriteLine("---------------------")
      For Each s In strSource
         Console.WriteLine(s)
      Next 
      Console.WriteLine()

      Console.WriteLine("Strings after starting tags have been stripped:")
      Console.WriteLine("-----------------------------------------------") 

      ' Display the strings with starting tags removed.
      For Each s In strSource
         Console.WriteLine(StripStartTags(s))
      Next 
   End Sub 

   Private Shared Function StripStartTags(item As String) As String
      ' Determine whether a tag begins the string.
      If item.Trim().StartsWith("<") Then
         ' Find the closing tag.
         Dim lastLocation As Integer = item.IndexOf(">")
         If lastLocation >= 0 Then
            ' Remove the tag.
            item = item.Substring((lastLocation + 1))
            
            ' Remove any additional starting tags.
            item = StripStartTags(item)
         End If
      End If
      
      Return item
   End Function 
End Class

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim title As String = "The House of the Seven Gables"
      Dim searchString As String = "the"
      Dim comparison As StringComparison = StringComparison.InvariantCulture
      Console.WriteLine("'{0}':", title)
      Console.WriteLine("   Starts with '{0}' ({1:G} comparison): {2}",
                        searchString, comparison,
                        title.StartsWith(searchString, comparison))

      comparison = StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase
      Console.WriteLine("   Starts with '{0}' ({1:G} comparison): {2}",
                        searchString, comparison,
                        title.StartsWith(searchString, comparison))
   End Sub
End Module

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim strings(,) As String = { {"ABCdef", "abc" },                    
                                   {"ABCdef", "abc" },  
                                   {"œil","oe" },
                                   { "læring}", "lae" } }
      For ctr1 As Integer = strings.GetLowerBound(0) To strings.GetUpperBound(0)
            For Each cmpName As String In [Enum].GetNames(GetType(StringComparison)) 
               Dim strCmp As StringComparison = CType([Enum].Parse(GetType(StringComparison), 
                                                      cmpName), StringComparison)
               Dim instance As String = strings(ctr1, 0)
               Dim value As String = strings(ctr1, 1)
               Console.WriteLine("{0} starts with {1}: {2} ({3} comparison)", 
                                 instance, value, 
                                 instance.StartsWith(value, strCmp), 
                                 strCmp) 
            Next
            Console.WriteLine()   
      Next   
   End Sub
End Module

' This code example demonstrates the 
' System.String.StartsWith(String, ..., CultureInfo) method.

Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Globalization

Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim msg1 As String = "Search for the target string ""{0}"" in the string ""{1}""." & vbCrLf
        Dim msg2 As String = "Using the {0} - ""{1}"" culture:"
        Dim msg3 As String = "  The string to search ends with the target string: {0}"
        Dim result As Boolean = False
        Dim ci As CultureInfo
        
        ' Define a target string to search for.
        ' U+00c5 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
        Dim capitalARing As String = "Å"
        
        ' Define a string to search. 
        ' The result of combining the characters LATIN SMALL LETTER A and COMBINING 
        ' RING ABOVE (U+0061, U+030a) is linguistically equivalent to the character 
        ' LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE (U+00e5).
        Dim aRingXYZ As String = "å" & "xyz"
        
        ' Clear the screen and display an introduction.
        Console.Clear()
        
        ' Display the string to search for and the string to search.
        Console.WriteLine(msg1, capitalARing, aRingXYZ)
        
        ' Search using English-United States culture.
        ci = New CultureInfo("en-US")
        Console.WriteLine(msg2, ci.DisplayName, ci.Name)
        
        Console.WriteLine("Case sensitive:")
        result = aRingXYZ.StartsWith(capitalARing, False, ci)
        Console.WriteLine(msg3, result)
        
        Console.WriteLine("Case insensitive:")
        result = aRingXYZ.StartsWith(capitalARing, True, ci)
        Console.WriteLine(msg3, result)
        Console.WriteLine()
        
        ' Search using Swedish-Sweden culture.
        ci = New CultureInfo("sv-SE")
        Console.WriteLine(msg2, ci.DisplayName, ci.Name)
        
        Console.WriteLine("Case sensitive:")
        result = aRingXYZ.StartsWith(capitalARing, False, ci)
        Console.WriteLine(msg3, result)
        
        Console.WriteLine("Case insensitive:")
        result = aRingXYZ.StartsWith(capitalARing, True, ci)
        Console.WriteLine(msg3, result)
    
    End Sub
End Class

'
'Note: This code example was executed on a console whose user interface 
'culture is "en-US" (English-United States).
'
'Search for the target string "Å" in the string "a°xyz".
'
'Using the English (United States) - "en-US" culture:
'Case sensitive:
'  The string to search ends with the target string: False
'Case insensitive:
'  The string to search ends with the target string: True
'
'Using the Swedish (Sweden) - "sv-SE" culture:
'Case sensitive:
'  The string to search ends with the target string: False
'Case insensitive:
'  The string to search ends with the target string: False
'

' 导入命名空间
Imports System

Public Class MainClass

   Shared Sub Main()
      Dim strings As String()
      Dim i As Integer
      Dim quotes As Char = ChrW(34)

      strings = New String() {"started", "starting", _
         "ended", "ending"}

      Console.WriteLine(" test every string to see if it starts with 'st'")
      For i = 0 To strings.GetUpperBound(0)

         If strings(i).StartsWith("st") Then
            Console.WriteLine(quotes & strings(i) & quotes & _
               " starts with " & quotes & "st" & quotes )
         End If

      Next

      Console.WriteLine(" test every string to see if it ends with 'ed'")
      For i = 0 To strings.GetUpperBound(0)

         If strings(i).EndsWith("ed") Then
            Console.WriteLine( quotes & strings(i) & quotes & _
               " ends with " & quotes & "ed" & quotes )
         End If

      Next
   End Sub ' Main

End Class