return res;
}
+/* @brief Retrun 1 if string 'str' starts with string 'start'
+ *
+ * \param str a string
+ * \param start the string to search in str
+ *
+ * \return 1 if 'str' starts with 'start'
+ */
+int xbt_str_start_with(const char* str, const char* start)
+{
+ int i;
+ size_t l_str = strlen(str);
+ size_t l_start = strlen(start);
+
+ if(l_start > l_str) return 0;
+
+ for(i = 0; i< l_start; i++){
+ if(str[i] != start[i]) return 0;
+ }
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
#ifdef SIMGRID_TEST
#include "xbt/str.h"
