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TSQL String Functions Cheat Sheet

Returns the string 'A' with its characters in reverse order. STR converts a number to a string, allowing for customization of length and decimal places. QUOTENAME generates a valid SQL identifier from a string by optionally enclosing it in brackets. REPLACE searches a string for a substring and replaces all occurrences of it with another string.

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TSQL String Functions Cheat Sheet

Returns the string 'A' with its characters in reverse order. STR converts a number to a string, allowing for customization of length and decimal places. QUOTENAME generates a valid SQL identifier from a string by optionally enclosing it in brackets. REPLACE searches a string for a substring and replaces all occurrences of it with another string.

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CHARACTER CODES

STRING EXTRACTION

STRING MANIPULATION

SUBSTRING (A, start, length)

CONCAT (A, B [,C])

PATINDEX ('%pattern%' , A)
ASCII (C)
Returns the ASCII code value of the leftmost
character of

Returns starting position of the first occurrence


of a %pattern% in string A

Returns L characters of A starting at S

Returns a string that is the result of


concatenating two or more string values

PATINDEX('H','HELLO') = 0

SUBSTRING('HELLOW',2,1) = 'E'

ASCII ('A') = 65

PATINDEX('H%','HELLO') = 1

SUBSTRING('HELLOW',5,10) = 'OW'

CONCAT('HELLO')=ERROR

ASCII ('BEE') = 66

PATINDEX('%L_%','HELLO') = 3

SUBSTRING('HELLOW',10,1) = ''

CONCAT(NULL, NULL)= ''

PATINDEX('%L_','HELLO') =

SUBSTRING('HELLOW',0,1) = ''

CONCAT('HI',' ','WORLD')='HI WORLD'

SUBSTRING('HELLOW',1,0) = ''

CONCAT(12,NULL,34) = '1234'

CHAR (A)
Converts an integer ASCII code A to a character
CHAR (65) = 'A'

PATINDEX ('Z','HELLO') = 0

Returns the int value for the first character of A


UNICODE('A') = 65

NCHAR (A)

CONCAT(2014,12,31) = '20141231'

PATINDEX('%A[0-9]%','AA1A') = 2

LEFT (A, B) / RIGHT (A, B)

PATINDEX('%L[^L]%','HELLO') = 4

CHAR (1000) = NULL

UNICODE (A)

Returns the left/right part of A with the


specified number B

STUFF (A, S, L, B)

RIGHT ('', 1) = ''

LOWER ('HI') = 'hi'

STUFF('HELLOW',2,5,'I') = 'HI'

LEFT ('HI', 0) = ''

UPPER ('hi') = 'HI'

STUFF('HELLOW',2,15,'I') = 'HI'

RIGHT ('HI', 3) = 'HI'

STUFF('HELLOW',20,1,'I') = NULL

RIGHT ('HELLOW WORLD',5) = 'WORLD'

STUFF('HELLOW',0,1,'I') = NULL

LEFT ('HELLOW WORLD', 6) = 'HELLOW'

STUFF('HELLOW',0,1,'I') = 'IHELLOW'

SOUNDEX & OTHER

STRING GENERATION
SPACE (A)

NCHAR (66000) = NULL

SOUNDEX (A)

NCHAR (8) = ''

SEARCH & REPLACE

Returns a four-character (SOUNDEX) code to


evaluate the similarity of two strings
SOUNDEX ('Smythe') = 'S530'

CHARINDEX ('Z', 'HELLO') = 0


CHARINDEX ('H', 'HELLO') = 1
CHARINDEX ('OR', 'WORLD') = 2

DIFFERENCE (A, B)
Returns an integer value that indicates the
difference between the SOUNDEX of A and B

REPLACE (A, B, C)
Replaces in A all occurrences of string B with
string
REPLACE('HELLOW',NULL,'')=NULL
REPLACE('HELLOW','','_')='HELLOW'
REPLACE('HELLOW','ELLOW','I')='HI'
REPLACE('HELLOW','L',1) = 'HE11OW'

SPACE(2) = '

'

REPLICATE (A, B)
Repeats a string value A specified number of
times B

('HELLOW WORD') = 11
('HELLOW ') = 6
(12) = 2
('') = 0

LTRIM (' ') = ''


RTRIM(' HI ') = ' HI'

QUOTENAME (A, [B])


Makes A a valid SQL Server using B delimiter
QUOTENAME('TB NAME')=[TB NAME]
QUOTENAME('TB NAME', '] ')=[TB NAME]
QUOTENAME('TB NAME', '"')="TB NAME"
QUOTENAME('abc[]def')=[abc[]]def]
QUOTENAME('TB NAME', '''')='TB NAME'

REPLICATE ('-', NULL) = NULL

REVERSE (A)

LEN (A)
LEN
LEN
LEN
LEN

LTRIM (' HI ') = 'HI '

REPLICATE ('-', 0) = ''

STR (A [,length [, decimal]])

Returns length of A, excluding trailing blanks

Returns A removing leading/trailing blanks

REPLICATE ('0', 4) = '0000'

DIFFERENCE('GREEN','GREENE') = 4

CHARINDEX ('L', 'HELLO', 4) = 4

LTRIM (A) / RTRIM (A)

Returns a string of A spaces

SOUNDEX ('Smith') = 'S530'

CHARINDEX (A, B, [, S])


Searches B for A and returns its starting
position if found. The search starts at S

Makes A lowercase/uppercase

Replaces L characters of A starting at S with B

Returns the Unicode character with the specified


integer code A

NCHAR ('8') = ''

LOWER (A) / UPPER (A)

Converts A number to string


STR
STR
STR
STR

(2.234)
(2.234,
(2.234,
(2.234,

= '
2'
4) = '
2'
4, 2) = '2.23'
6, 2) = ' 2.23'

Returns the reverse order of a string value


REVERSE('HELLOW') = 'WOLLEH'
REVERSE(12) = 21

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