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SQL Substring Functions Explained

This document provides examples of using the SUBSTR function in Oracle SQL to extract substrings from a string. It shows how SUBSTR can extract characters starting from position 0 for a length of 4 to return 'Jaya'. Another example starts at position 4 with a length of 4 to return 'prak'. The last example starts from the -4 position for a length of 5 to return 'prakash'.

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SQL Substring Functions Explained

This document provides examples of using the SUBSTR function in Oracle SQL to extract substrings from a string. It shows how SUBSTR can extract characters starting from position 0 for a length of 4 to return 'Jaya'. Another example starts at position 4 with a length of 4 to return 'prak'. The last example starts from the -4 position for a length of 5 to return 'prakash'.

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-11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1

J A Y A P R A K A S H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

L >>>>>>R
SELECT 'Jayaprakash' FROM dual;

SYNTAX:
SELECT SUBSTR(col/Exp, M,[N]) FROM dual;
--> N -- counts from left to right only
SELECT SUBSTR('Jayaprakash',0,4) FROM dual;

SELECT SUBSTR('Jayaprakash',4,4) FROM dual;

SELECT SUBSTR('Jayaprakash',-4,5) FROM dual;

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