how to return a string within a file in oracle code example
Example 1: oracle leftmost characters
-- For Oracle only
-- syntax
SUBSTR(<main-string>,1,<number-of-characters>)
-- example
SUBSTR('Useless stuff',1,10) -- OUTPUT: Useless st
-- practical example
SELECT SUBSTR('Useless stuff',1,10)
FROM DUAL;
Example 2: Subtr Oracle ?
/*Using SUBSTR in Oracle (Example from hackerrank.com): */
/*Simple select query...*/
SELECT DISTINCT city
FROM station
/*Using WHERE and SUBSTR to find (distinct) cities in station table that begin
as well as end with a vowel.*/
WHERE SUBSTR(city,1,1) IN ('A','E','I','O','U')
AND substr(city,-1) IN ('a','e','i','o','u');
/*Parameters for SUBSTR (Substring) in order are as follows:
String, Start, Length.*/