code: private boolean startsWithDelimiter(String word, String[] delimiters) {
  
          boolean delim = false;
          for (int i = 0; i < delimiters.length; i++) {
              if (word.startsWith(delimiters[i])) {
                  delim = true;
                  break;
              }
          }
          return delim;
      }
docs: Checks if a word starts with a given delimiter.<p>
  
  @param word the word to test
  @param delimiters array of delimiter strings
  @return true if the word starts with the delimiter, false otherwiese