For this, you can use SUBSTRING_INDEX(). Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( Words TEXT ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.62 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Learn With Ease'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.32 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Intro To MySQL'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.35 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Deep Dive Using Java'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('C++ In Depth'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-----------------------+ | Words | +-----------------------+ | Learn With Ease | | Intro To MySQL | | Deep Dive Using Java | | C++ In Depth | +-----------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to split the string “Learn With Ease” and return the last word −
mysql> update DemoTable set Words=substring_index(Words,' ',-1); Query OK, 4 rows affected (0.28 sec) Rows matched : 4 Changed : 4 Warnings : 0
Let us check the table records once again −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+----------+ | Words | +----------+ | Ease | | MySQL | | Java | | Depth | +----------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)