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BEGINS
Tests a character expression to see if that expression begins with a second character expression.
SYNTAX
expression1
An expression that has a character value that you want to test to see if it begins with expression2.
expression2
An expression that has a character value that you want to compare to the beginning of expression1.
EXAMPLEWhen used as a filter condition, this expression finds records for all the customers whose phone number is in the 617 area code:
NOTE
Report Builder considers trailing blanks in the BEGINS operator. For example, this statement is FALSE:
This is different than comparisons, where trailing blanks are ignored. For example, this statement IS TRUE:
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