starts with evaluates as True if the first part of the text value matches the specified text. The matching does not take into account whether the text is upper or lower case.

Similarly, ends with evaluates as True if the last part of the text value matches the specified text.

These functions are only used for text values, not numeric values.

For the following case fragment,

	Cholesterol    7.3    5.6    6.1
	Triglyceride   1.1    0.8    pending
	ClinicalNotes                abc/def/hij

Triglyceride starts with “pend”

ClinicalNotes starts with “abc/”

ClinicalNotes ends with “HIJ”