substring: to Get part of the sting by SQL

substring function

Collecting rest of the string from 4^th posting ( from left )

SELECT substring('plus2net.com',4); // Output is s2net.com

Last 4 chars ( from right end)

SELECT substring('plus2net.com',-4); // Output is is .com

With optional parameter length

Let us add number of chars we will get by adding length

Starting from 3rd position 5 chars to be collected

SELECT substring('plus2net.com',3,5); // Oputput us2ne

Starting from end, from 6^th position 2 ( length) chars to be collected

select substring('plus2net.com',-6,2); // Output is et

Using FROM to get part of string

Rest of the string from a position

SELECT SUBSTRING('plus2net.com' FROM 3)  // Ouptut is us2net.com

From right ( end ) starting from 7 position return 3 chars (length)

SELECT SUBSTRING('plus2net.com' FROM -7 FOR 3) // Output is net

Removing Last one char

select substring('plus2net.com',1,char_length('plus2net.com')-1)

Use this code in our student table.

SELECT id,substring(class,1,char_length(class)-1) as class FROM student

Substring and substring_index

Substring returns part of string by taking position ( number ) as input. If the position is not known and to use a specific delimiter for searching, then substring_index function can be used.

How substring is used to collect domain part of Email address

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substring function

With optional parameter length

Using FROM to get part of string

Removing Last one char

Substring and substring_index

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