[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57041] Missing matlab function: startsWith

[Markus Mützel]

Follow-up Comment #14, bug #57041 (project octave):

Thanks for your contribution.

Just a few nitpicks:
- The first argument of @deftypefn and @deftypefnx should be empty.
- Try to use the same input and output argument names in the doc string that
you use in the function definition.
- Usually, we try to start the docstring with a compact one liner that
summarizes what the function does.
- I appreciate the examples in the docstring. But also document in full
sentences what all input arguments are supposed to mean.
- Use a space after "if".
- Use a space after "!". I was told it should be understood as the English
word "not" which would also be followed by a space.
- Use a space after "##" or "#".
- Use spaces before and after "=" and in-place operators.
- Use a space between function names and opening bracket (mostly correct).
- I don't know if this is a rule. But I usually try to add spaces after commas
that separate input arguments of functions.
- Lines should not be longer than 80 characters.
- I see many constructs like "size (pattern)(1)*size (pattern)(2)". Would
"numel (pattern)" be clearer? Or am I missing something?
- We usually start claiming copyright in the year the function was written.

Please, don't feel discouraged by the list. Your contribution looks quite good
already.

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