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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def startswith(self, other):
 # type: (UrlPath) -> bool """ Return True if this path starts with the other path. """

        try:
            other = UrlPath.from_object(other)
        except ValueError:
            raise TypeError('startswith first arg must be UrlPath, str, PathParam, not {}'.format(type(other)))
        else:
            return self._nodes[:len(other._nodes)] == other._nodes