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Starts-with() returns true if the first argument string starts with the second argument string

File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <data>   <text>Welcome to XSL world.</text>   <string>Welcome</string>   <string>XSL</string>   <string>XML</string> </data> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet       version="1.0"       xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">     <xsl:template match="/">       <TABLE border="1">         <TR>           <TH colspan="3">             <xsl:value-of select="//text"/>           </TH>         </TR>         <TR>           <td>string</TH>           <td>starts-with</TH>           <td>contains</TH>         </TR>         <xsl:for-each select="//string">           <TR>             <TD>               <xsl:value-of select="."/>             </TD>             <TD>               <xsl:value-of select="starts-with(//text,.)"/>             </TD>             <TD>               <xsl:value-of select="contains(//text,.)"/>             </TD>           </TR>         </xsl:for-each>       </TABLE>     </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><TABLE border="1"><TR><TH colspan="3">Welcome to XSL world.</TH></TR><TR><td>string</TH><td>starts-with</TH><td>contains</TH></TR><TR><TD>Welcome</TD><TD>true</TD><TD>true</TD></TR><TR><TD>XSL</TD><TD>false</TD><TD>true</TD></TR><TR><TD>XML</TD><TD>false</TD><TD>false</TD></TR></TABLE>