@function __starts-with($string, $target, $position: 1) {
  @if __is-list-like($target) {
    $result: false;

    @each $target-string in $target {
      $result: __either(
        $result,
        __starts-with($string, $target-string, $position)
      );
    }

    @return $result;
  }

  $string: __base-to-string($string);
  $target: __base-to-string($target);
  $position: if(__is-falsey($position), 0, $position);
  $position: min(if($position <= 0, 1, $position), str-length($string));

  @return if(
    $target == "",
    true,
    __string-last-index-of($string, $target, $position) == $position
  );
}

@function __starts-with-any($string, $targets: (), $position: 1) {
  $result: false;
  $index: 1;

  @while $index <= length($targets) and not $result {
    $target-string: nth($targets, $index);
    $result: __starts-with($string, $target-string, $position);

    $index: $index + 1;
  }

  @return $result;
}

/// Checks if `$string` starts with the given target string.
///
///
/// @access public
/// @group String
/// @param {string} $string [''] - The string to search.
/// @param {string} $target - The string to search for.
/// @param {number} $position [1] - The position to search from.
/// @returns {boolean} Returns `true` if `$string` starts with `$target`, else `false`.
/// @example scss
/// $foo: _starts-with('abc', 'a');
/// // => true
///
/// $foo: _starts-with('abc', 'b');
/// // => false
///
/// $foo: _starts-with('abc', 'b', 1);
/// // => true

@function _starts-with($args...) {
  @return call(get-function("__starts-with"), $args...);
}

/// Checks if `$string` starts with any of the strings in `$targets` list.
///
///
/// @access public
/// @group String
/// @param {string} $string [''] - The string to search.
/// @param {string} $targets [()] - The list of strings to search for.
/// @param {number} $position [1] - The position to search from.
/// @returns {boolean} Returns `true` if `$string` starts with any of the strings in `$targets`, else `false`.
/// @example scss
/// $foo: _starts-with-any('abc', 'a' 'b');
/// // => true
/// $foo: _starts-with-any('abc', 'b' 'c');
/// // => false
/// $foo: _starts-with-any('abc', 'b' 'c', 1);
/// // => true

@function _starts-with-any($args...) {
  @return call(get-function("__starts-with-any"), $args...);
}