diff --git a/include/blt/std/map.h b/include/blt/std/map.h
index 5f96993..1b9a17e 100644
--- a/include/blt/std/map.h
+++ b/include/blt/std/map.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 template<typename K, typename V, typename HASH = std::hash<K>>
 class hashmap {
-    
+
 };
 
 #endif //BLT_TESTS_MAP_H
diff --git a/include/blt/std/string.h b/include/blt/std/string.h
index d7b2950..1056438 100644
--- a/include/blt/std/string.h
+++ b/include/blt/std/string.h
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace blt::String {
+    
+    static inline bool starts_with(const std::string& string, const std::string& search){
+        if (search.length() > string.length())
+            return false;
+        auto chars = string.c_str();
+        auto search_chars = search.c_str();
+        for (int i = 0; i < search.length(); i++){
+            if (chars[i] != search_chars[i])
+                return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    static inline bool ends_with(const std::string& string, const std::string& search){
+        if (search.length() > string.length())
+            return false;
+        auto chars = string.c_str();
+        auto search_chars = search.c_str();
+        auto startPosition = string.length() - search.length();
+        for (int i = 0; i < search.length(); i++){
+            if (chars[startPosition + i] != search_chars[i])
+                return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
     /**
      * Converts the string into lower case
      * @param s string to lower case
diff --git a/src/tests/main.cpp b/src/tests/main.cpp
index 749b61c..1002e5e 100644
--- a/src/tests/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 
 #include "binary_trees.h"
+#include "blt/std/string.h"
 
 int main() {
     binaryTreeTest();
+    
+    std::string hello = "superSexyMax";
+    std::cout << "String starts with: " << blt::String::ends_with(hello, "Max") << "\n";
 }
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