# A SIMPLE FUNCTION - decides whether a text string starts with a given prefix def starts_with(string, substring): if string.startswith(substring): return True else: return False prefix = 'King' word = 'Kingdom' print(word, starts_with(word, prefix)) word = 'Kingston' print(word, starts_with(word, prefix)) word = 'Kindred' print(word, starts_with(word, prefix)) word = 'Kingpin' print(word, starts_with(word, prefix))