I have String like a123bcd-e2343fg-hij-dfgh
and I want OUTPUT e2343fg-hij-dfgh using Regular_expression in oracle.
select regexp_substr('abcd-efg-hij','-[^-]+'1) from dual;
You may apply regexp_substr with [^-]+[-^] pattern and then ltrim as :
select ltrim('a123bcd-e2343fg-hij-dfgh',
regexp_substr('a123bcd-e2343fg-hij-dfgh','[^-]+[-^]')) as output_string
from dual;
or better to call with bind variable :
select ltrim('&str', regexp_substr('&str','[^-]+[-^]')) as output_string
from dual;
where &str may be replaced with a123bcd-e2343fg-hij-dfgh after prompted.
Rextester Demo
Why regular expression, when a trivial SUBSTR + INSTR does the job nicely & quickly? True, it will look smarter, but I can't see any other benefit.
SQL> with test (col) as
2 (select 'a123bcd-e2343fg-hij-dfgh' from dual)
3 select substr(col, instr(col, '-') + 1) result
4 from test;
RESULT
----------------
e2343fg-hij-dfgh
SQL>
select substr('abcd-efg-hij',
regexp_instr('abcd-efg-hij','-[^-]+')+1,length('abcd-efg-hij'))
from dual;
try this
For the sake of argument, regexp_replace works too. This regex matches anything up to and including the first dash, and remembers the rest which it returns.
with tbl(str) as (
select 'a123bcd-e2343fg-hij-dfgh' from dual
)
select regexp_replace(str, '^.*?-(.*)', '\1')
from tbl;
Keep in mind if regexp_substr() does not find a match, it returns NULL but if regexp_replace() does not find a match it return the original string.
Related
I'm trying to get first string after a character.
Example is like
ABCDEF||GHJ||WERT
I need only
GHJ
I tried to use REGEXP but i couldnt do it.
Can anyone help me with please?
Thank you
Somewhat simpler:
SQL> select regexp_substr('ABCDEF||GHJ||WERT', '\w+', 1, 2) result from dual;
^
RES |
--- give me the 2nd "word"
GHJ
SQL>
which reads as: give me the 2nd word out of that string. Won't work properly if GHJ consists of several words (but that's not what your example suggests).
Something like I interpret with a separator in place, In this case it is || or | example is with oracle database
-- pattern -- > [^] represents non-matching character and + for says one or more character followed by ||
-- 3rd parameter --> starting position
-- 4th parameter --> nth occurrence
WITH tbl(str) AS
(SELECT 'ABCDEF||GHJ||WERT' str FROM dual)
SELECT regexp_substr(str
,'[^||]+'
,1
,2) output
FROM tbl;
I think the most general solution is:
WITH tbl(str) AS (
SELECT 'ABCDEF||GHJ||WERT' str FROM dual UNION ALL
SELECT 'ABC|DEF||GHJ||WERT' str FROM dual UNION ALL
SELECT 'ABClDEF||GHJ||WERT' str FROM dual
)
SELECT regexp_replace(str, '^.*\|\|(.*)\|\|.*', '\1')
FROM tbl;
Note that this works even if the individual elements contain punctuation or a single vertical bar -- which the other solutions do not. Here is a comparison.
Presumably, the double vertical bar is being used for maximum flexibility.
You should use regexp_substr function
select regexp_substr('ABCDEF||GHJ||WERT ', '\|{2}([^|]+)', 1, 1, 'i', 1) str
from dual;
STR
---
GHJ
I have a string with double quotes inside.
EG:
<cosmtio :ff "intermit"ksks>
I need the data between the ""
I have tried the regexp_substr but still couldn't get the value between double-quotes.
We could try using REGEXP_REPLACE here:
SELECT
string,
REGEXP_REPLACE(string, '.*"([^"]+)".*', '\1') AS quoted_term
FROM yourTable;
Data:
WITH yourTable AS (
SELECT '<cosmtio :ff "intermit"ksks>' AS string FROM dual
)
Demo
Another option, using REGEXP_SUBSTR:
SELECT
string,
TRIM(BOTH '"' FROM REGEXP_SUBSTR(string, '".*"'))
FROM yourTable;
But this approach requires nesting two function calls, which means it might not outperform the REGEXP_REPLACE version.
You need to use REGEXP_SUBSTR:
SELECT REGEXP_SUBSTR('<cosmtio :ff "intermit"ksks>', '"([^"]+)"', 1, 1, NULL, 1) AS Result FROM DUAL
See the online demo.
The regex is simple: "([^"]+)" matches ", then captures any 1+ chars other than " into Group 1 and then matches ". The last argument is 1 telling Oracle REGEXP_SUBSTR to return the Group 1 values. The first (position) and the second (occurrence) arguments are default, 1. NULL means no specific options need to be passed to the regex engine.
You can try the following:
SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE('<cosmtio :ff "intermit"ksks>', '^[^"]*("([^"]*)")?.*', '\2') FROM dual
It is possible with regexp_substr as following:
Select
regexp_substr('<cosmtio :ff "intermit"ksks>', '[^"]+', 1, 2)
from dual;
Cheers!!
How to get rest of string after specific char?
I have a string 'a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|' and I would like to get result after 3rd occurance of |. So the result should be like 2|:x80|3|rr|
The query
select REGEXP_SUBSTR('a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|','[^|]+$',1,4)
from dual
Returned me NULL
Use SUBSTR / INSTR combination
WITH t ( s ) AS (
SELECT 'a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|'
FROM dual
) SELECT substr(s,instr(s,'|',1,3) + 1)
FROM t;
Demo
REGEXP_REPLACE() will do the trick. Skip 3 groups of anything followed by a pipe, then replace with the 2nd group, which is the rest of the line (anchored to the end).
SQL> select regexp_replace('a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|', '(.*?\|){3}(.*)$', '\2') trimmed
2 from dual;
TRIMMED
------------
2|:x80|3|rr|
SQL>
I suggest a nice by long way by using regexp_substr, regexp_count and listagg together as :
select listagg(str) within group (order by lvl)
as "Result String"
from
(
with t(str) as
(
select 'a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|' from dual
)
select level-1 as lvl,
regexp_substr(str,'(.*?)(\||$)',1,level) as str
from dual
cross join t
connect by level <= regexp_count('a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|','\|')
)
where lvl >= 3;
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If you use oracle 11g and above you can specify a subexpression to return like this:
select REGEXP_SUBSTR('a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|','([^|]+\|){3}(.+)$',1,1,null,2) from dual
Erkko,
You need to use the combination of SUBSTR and REGEXP_INSTR OR INSTR.
Your query will look like this. (Without Regex)
SELECT SUBSTR('a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|',INSTR('a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|','|',1,3)+1) from dual;
Your query will look like this. (With Regex as you want to use)
SELECT SUBSTR('a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|',REGEXP_INSTR('a|b|c|2|:x80|3|rr|','\|',1,3)+1) from dual;
Explanation:
First, you will need to find the place of the string you want as you mentioned. So in your case | comes at place 6. So that +1 would be your position to start to substring.
Second, from the original string, substring from that position+1 to unlimited.(Where your string ends)
Example:
https://dbfiddle.uk/?rdbms=oracle_11.2&fiddle=6fd782db95f575201eded084493232ee
I have the following example
05.04.2018 at 11:10:37 AEST
My goal is to remove all alpha chars from the string.
The expected result is to remove the ' at' and ' AEST' sub-strings:
Note: There should be only one space between the date and the time. There should be no space at the end of the string
05.04.2018 11:10:37
The 'AEST' sub-string is a timezone and can change.
This is my current SQL query:
select SUBSTR(REGEXP_REPLACE(REGEXP_REPLACE('05.04.2018 at 11:10:37 AEST',' at',''), ' EST| AEDT| AEST', ''),1) from dual;
I'm looking to enhance my query (preferably using regex) so I will not have to specify explicitly all potential values for timezone (as currently being done in the query)
Thanks
You may use \s*[a-zA-Z]+ / \s*[[:alpha:]]+ regex:
select REGEXP_REPLACE('05.04.2018 at 11:10:37 AEST','\s*[a-zA-Z]+','') as Result from dual
The pattern matches
\s* - 0+ whitespace chars
[a-zA-Z]+ - 1+ ASCII letters ([[:alpha:]]+ will match any letters).
See an online Oracle demo. Output:
Something like this?
SQL> with test as (select '05.04.2018 at 11:10:37 AEST' col from dual)
2 select regexp_replace(col, '\s*[[:alpha:]]+') result
3 from test;
RESULT
-------------------
05.04.2018 11:10:37
SQL>
You can use:
select trim(regexp_replace(col, '[a-zA-Z]', ''))
I assume you want to remove the final space as well.
Keep it simple! Why not without regexp? The date part and the time part are always at the same position.
select substr(col,1,10) -- the date part
||' '|| -- the blank
substr(col,15,8) -- the time part
from tab;
e.g.
SQL> select substr(col,1,10)
||' '||
substr(col,15,8) "date+time"
from (
select '05.04.2018 at 11:10:37 AEST' col
from dual) tab;
date+time
-------------------
05.04.2018 11:10:37
I need to insert character string after each character in Oracle SQL.
Example:
ABC will A,B,C
DEFG will be D,E,F,G
This question gives only one character in string
Oracle insert character into a string
Edit: As some fellows have mentioned, Oracle does not admit this regex. So my approach would be to do a regex to match all characters, add them a comma after the character and then removing the last comma.
WITH regex AS (SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE('ABC', '(.)', '\1,') as reg FROM dual) SELECT SUBSTR(reg, 1, length(reg)-1) FROM regex;
Note that with the solution of rtrim there could be errors if the string you want to parse has a final ending comma and you don't want to remove it.
Previous solution: (Not working on Oracle)
Check if this does the trick:
SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE('ABC', '(.)(?!$)', '\1,') FROM dual;
It does a regexp_replace of every character, but the last one for the same character followed by a ,
To see how regexp_replace works I recommend you: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions130.htm
SELECT rtrim(REGEXP_REPLACE('ABC', '(.)', '\1,'),',') "REGEXP_REPLACE" FROM dual;
You could do it using:
REGEXP_REPLACE
RTRIM
For example,
SQL> WITH sample_data AS(
2 SELECT 'ABC' str FROM dual UNION ALL
3 SELECT 'DEFG' str FROM dual UNION ALL
4 SELECT 'XYZ' str FROM dual
5 )
6 -- end of sample_data mimicking a real table
7 SELECT str,
8 rtrim(regexp_replace(str, '(\w?)', '\1,'),',') new_str
9 FROM sample_data;
STR NEW_STR
---- ----------
ABC A,B,C
DEFG D,E,F,G
XYZ X,Y,Z
Since there is no way to negate the end of string in an Oracle regex (that does not support lookarounds), you may use
SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE(
REGEXP_REPLACE('ABC', '([^,])([^,])','\1,\2'),
'([^,])([^,])',
'\1,\2')
AS Result from dual
See the DB Fiddle. The point here is to use REGEXP_REPLACE with ([^,])([^,]) pattern twice to cater for consecutive matches.
The ([^,])([^,]) pattern matches any non-comma char into Group 1 (\1) and then any non-comma char into Group 2 (\2), and inserts a comma in between them.