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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(text, ignore_case=True):
 """ Test if a string-field start with ``text``. Example:: filters = {"path": Text.startswith(r"C:\\")} """

        if ignore_case:
            compiled = re.compile(
                "^%s" % text.replace("\\", "\\\\"), re.IGNORECASE)
        else:  # pragma: no cover
            compiled = re.compile("^%s" % text.replace("\\", "\\\\"))

        return {"$regex": compiled}