Metodo String.StartsWith (String)

using System;

public class EndsWithTest {
    public static void Main() {

        // process a string that contains html tags
        // this sample does not remove embedded tags (tags in the middle of a line)

        string [] strSource = { "<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" };

        Console.WriteLine("The following lists the items before the tags have been stripped:");
        Console.WriteLine("-----------------------------------------------------------------");

        // print out the initial array of strings
        foreach ( string s in strSource )
            Console.WriteLine( s );

        Console.WriteLine();

        Console.WriteLine("The following lists the items after the tags have been stripped:");
        Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------------------------");

        // print out the array of strings
        foreach ( string s in strSource )
            Console.WriteLine( StripStartTags( s ) );
    }

    private static string StripStartTags( string item ) {

        // try to find a tag at the start of the line using StartsWith
        if (item.Trim().StartsWith("<")) {

            // now search for the closing tag...
            int lastLocation = item.IndexOf( ">" );

            // remove the identified section, if it is a valid region
            if ( lastLocation >= 0 )
                item =  item.Substring( lastLocation + 1 );
        }

        return item;
    }
}