export function startsWith (stringContent: string, pattern: string): boolean { if (typeof stringContent !== 'string') { console.warn('Trying to test a non string variable'); return false; } return stringContent.indexOf(pattern) === 0; } export function capitalize (value: string): string { const firstLetter = value.substr(0, 1); const rest = value.substr(1, value.length - 1); return firstLetter.toUpperCase() + rest.toLowerCase(); }