SQL – String Functions
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SQL string functions are used primarily for string manipulation. The following table details the important string functions −
| Sr.No. | Function & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | ASCII()
Returns numeric value of left-most character |
| 2 | CHAR()
Returns the character for each integer passed |
| 3 | CHARINDEX()
Returns the position of a substring within the given string. |
| 4 | CONCAT_WS()
Returns concatenate with separator |
| 5 | CONCAT()
Returns concatenated string |
| 6 | DIFFERENCE()
returns an integer value measuring the difference between the SOUNDEX() values of two different expressions(strings). |
| 7 | ESCAPE()
Returns a text with escaped characters. |
| 8 | FORMAT()
Returns the formatted string. |
| 9 | LEFT()
Returns the extracting string. |
| 10 | LEN()
Returns the length of the given string. |
| 11 | LOWER()
Returns returns the lower case of the given string. |
| 12 | LTRIM()
Returns a string after removing all the white spaces and characters from the string found on the left side. |
| 13 | NCHAR()
Returns the Unicode character based on the number code. |
| 14 | PATINDEX()
Returns the position of a pattern in a string. |
| 15 | QUOTENAME()
Returns a string with a delimiter |
| 16 | REPLACE()
Returns a new string by replacing all the occurrences of the particular part of a string (substring) with a specified string. |
| 17 | REPLICATE()
Returns the repeated value. |
| 18 | REVERSE()
Returns a reversed string. |
| 19 | RIGHT()
Returns the rightmost characters from the actual(current) string. |
| 20 | RTRIM()
Returns a string after removing all trailing blanks. |
| 21 | SOUNDEX()
Returns the Soundex string. |
| 22 | SPACE()
returns a string consisting of N number of space characters. |
| 23 | STR()
Returns a number as string. |
| 24 | STRING_AGG()
Concatenates the values of string expressions and places separator values between them. |
| 25 | STRING_SPLIT()
Splits a string into rows of substrings. |
| 26 | STUFF()
Returns a new string by inserting the second expression at the specified deleted place. |
| 27 | SUBSTRING()
Returns the part of the character. |
| 28 | TRANSLATE()
Returns a string from the first argument. |
| 29 | TRIM()
Returns a trimmed string. |
| 30 | UNICODE()
Returns an integer value of the first character. |
| 31 | UPPER()
returns a string that has all the characters in upper case. |
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