Shoutbox

JScript code:

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function startsWithToken(orig, str)
{
    return new RegExp("^"+str.replace(/[\|\(\)\$\^\*\+\[\]\?]/,"\$1"),"gi").test(orig);
}
function endsWithToken(orig, str)
{
    return new RegExp(str.replace(/[\|\(\)\$\^\*\+\[\]\?]/,"\$1")+"$","gi").test(orig);
}
console.log(startsWithToken("a$$","a"));  // returns true;
console.log(startsWithToken("$$a","a"));  // returns false;
console.log(endsWithToken("$$a","a"));  // returns true;
console.log(endsWithToken("a$$","a"));  // returns false;

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