Scribd
Upload
12 views15 pages

Lecture 34 STRING Functions

Uploaded by

tryedeveleth
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
12 views15 pages

Lecture 34 STRING Functions

Uploaded by

tryedeveleth
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 15

LENGTH

LENGTH function returns the length of the specified string, expressed as the number of characters.

Syntax length( string )

Start-Tech Academy
LENGTH
LENGTH function returns the length of the specified string, expressed as the number of characters.

SELECT Customer_name, Length (Customer_name) as characters


Example FROM customer
WHERE age >30 ;

Start-Tech Academy
UPPER & LOWER
UPPER/ LOWER function converts all characters in the specified string to uppercase/ lowercase.

upper( string )
Syntax
lower( string )

Start-Tech Academy
UPPER & LOWER
UPPER/ LOWER function converts all characters in the specified string to uppercase/ lowercase.

SELECT upper('Start-Tech Academy');


Example
SELECT lower('Start-Tech Academy');

Start-Tech Academy
REPLACE
REPLACE function replaces all occurrences of a specified string

replace( string, from_substring, to_substring )


Syntax Replace function is case sensitive.

Start-Tech Academy
REPLACE
REPLACE function replaces all occurrences of a specified string

SELECT
Customer_name,
Example country,
Replace (country,’United States’,’US’) AS country new
FROM customer;

Start-Tech Academy
TRIM,LTRIM & RTRIM
TRIM function removes all specified characters either from the beginning or the end of a string
RTRIM function removes all specified characters from the right-hand side of a string
LTRIM function removes all specified characters from the left-hand side of a string

trim( [ leading | trailing | both ] [ trim_character ] from string )

Syntax rtrim( string, trim_character )

ltrim( string, trim_character )

Start-Tech Academy
TRIM,LTRIM & RTRIM
TRIM function removes all specified characters either from the beginning or the end of a string
RTRIM function removes all specified characters from the right-hand side of a string
LTRIM function removes all specified characters from the left-hand side of a string

SELECT trim(leading ' ' from ' Start-Tech Academy ');

SELECT trim(trailing ' ' from ' Start-Tech Academy ');

Example SELECT trim(both ' ' from ' Start-Tech Academy ');

SELECT trim(' Start-Tech Academy ');

SELECT rtrim(' Start-Tech Academy ', ' ');

SELECT ltrim(' Start-Tech Academy ', ' ');

Start-Tech Academy
CONCAT
|| operator allows you to concatenate 2 or more strings together

string1 || string2 || string_n


Syntax

Start-Tech Academy
CONCAT
|| operator allows you to concatenate 2 or more strings together

SELECT
Customer_name,
Example city|| ' , '||state|| ' , '||country AS address
FROM customer;

Start-Tech Academy
SUBSTRING
SUBSTRING function allows you to extract a substring from a string

substring( string [from start_position] [for length] )


Syntax

Start-Tech Academy
SUBSTRING
SUBSTRING function allows you to extract a substring from a string

SELECT
Customer_id,
Customer_name,
SUBSTRING (Customer_id FOR 2) AS cust_group
FROM customer
WHERE SUBSTRING(Customer_id FOR 2) = ‘AB’;
Example SELECT
Customer_id,
Customer_name,
SUBSTRING (Customer_id FROM 4 FOR 5) AS cust_number
FROM customer
WHERE SUBSTRING(Customer_id FOR 2) = ‘AB’;

Start-Tech Academy
STRING AGGREGATOR
STRING_AGG concatenates input values into a string, separated by delimiter

string_agg (expression, delimiter)


Syntax

Start-Tech Academy
STRING AGGREGATOR
STRING_AGG concatenates input values into a string, separated by delimiter

SELECT
order_id ,
Example STRING_AGG (product_id,‘, ')
FROM sales
GROUP BY order_id;

Start-Tech Academy

You might also like