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Add documentation for {starts,ends}_with and split_part (#127)
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Added documentation for starts_with and ends_with after exposing them to the public namespace.

Updated the documentation for split_part to support negative field positions.
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Co-authored-by: Adrian Vogelsgesang <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Marcel Kost <[email protected]>
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### 0.0.21178 [Jan 16 2024]

* Support for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage using [`azure_location`](./sql/external/location.md#microsoft-azure-blob-storage)
* Support for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage using [`azure_location`](./sql/external/location.md#microsoft-azure-blob-storage) was added.
* Documented [`starts_with`](./sql/scalar_func/string) and [`ends_with`](./sql/scalar_func/string), as well as negative field positions for [`split_part`](./sql/scalar_func/string).


### 0.0.20746 [Nov 7 2024]

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`concat(str "any" [, str "any" [, ...] ])`|`text`|Concatenate the text representations of all the arguments. NULL arguments are ignored, in contrast to <code>&#124;&#124;</code>.|`concat('abcde', 2, NULL, 22)``abcde222`
`decode(string text, format text)`|`bytea`|Decode binary data from textual representation in `string`. Options for `format` are same as in `encode`.|`decode('MTIzAAE=', 'base64')``\x3132330001`
`encode(data bytea, format text)`|`text`|Encode binary data into a textual representation. Supported formats are: `base64`, `hex`, `escape`. `escape` converts zero bytes and high-bit-set bytes to octal sequences (`\``<nnn>`) and doubles backslashes.|`encode('123\000\001', 'base64')``MTIzAAE=`
`ends_with(string text, suffix text)`|`boolean`|Return true if `string` ends with `suffix`.|`ends_with('alphabet', 'bet')``t`
`initcap(string)`|`text`|Convert the first letter of each word to upper case and the rest to lower case. Words are sequences of alphanumeric characters separated by non-alphanumeric characters.|`initcap('hi THOMAS')``'Hi Thomas'`
`left(str text, n int)`|`text`|Return first `<n>` characters in the string. When `<n>` is negative, return all but last <code>&#124;&#60;n&#62;&#124;</code> characters.|`left('abcde', 2)``'ab'`
`length(string)`|`int`|Number of characters in `string`|`length('jose')``4`
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`right(str text, n int)`|`text`|Return last `<n>` characters in the string. When `<n>` is negative, return all but first <code>&#124;&#60;n&#62;&#124;</code> characters.|`right('abcde', 2)``'de'`
`rpad(string text, length int , fill text)`|`text`|Fill up the `string` to length `length` by appending the characters `fill` (a space by default). If the `string` is already longer than `length` then it is truncated.|`rpad('hi', 5, 'xy')``'hixyx'`
`rtrim(string text , characters text)`|`text`|Remove the longest string containing only characters from `characters` (a space by default) from the end of `string`.|`rtrim('testxxzx', 'xyz')``'test'`
`split_part(string text, delimiter text, field int)`|`text`|Split `string` on `delimiter` and return the given field (counting from one).|`split_part('abc~@~def~@~ghi', '~@~', 2)``'def'`
`split_part(string text, delimiter text, field int)`|`text`|Split `string` on `delimiter` and return the given field (counting from one). When `n` is negative, returns the `|n|`-th-from-last field. |`split_part('abc~@~def~@~ghi', '~@~', 2)``'def'`
`starts_with(string text, prefix text)`|`boolean`|Return true if `string` starts with `prefix`.|`starts_with('alphabet', 'alph')``t`
`strpos(string, substring)`|`int`|Location of specified substring (same as `position(substring in string)`, but note the reversed argument order).|`strpos('high', 'ig')``2`
`substr(string, from , count)`|`text`|Extract substring (same as `substring(string from from for count)`).|`substr('alphabet', 3, 2)``'ph'`
`to_hex(number int or bigint)`|`text`|Convert `number` to its equivalent hexadecimal representation.|`to_hex(2147483647)``'7fffffff'`

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