How to substring string

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declare @string varchar(20)
set @string='e33-B6661-C1'
select substring(@string,charindex('-',@string)+1,charindex('-',@string,charindex('-',@string)+1)-charindex('-',@string)-1)

This query get: B6661

but we need result: C1
: e33-B6661

Posted 23-Jul-14 18:58pm

roshan kumar deo

Updated 23-Jul-14 19:27pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Jul-14 1:07am

Why not having three different attributes (as as many as needed) for components of this string?
—SA

4 solutions

Solution 1

Try:

SQL

declare @string varchar(20)
set @string='e33-B6661-C1'
SET @STRING = SUBSTRING(@string, CHARINDEX('-', @string) + 1, 9999)
SELECT SUBSTRING(@string, CHARINDEX('-', @string) + 1, 9999)

You can do it all in the SELECT statement, but you need to replace both references to @string with the SET SUBSTRING value.

Posted 23-Jul-14 19:13pm

OriginalGriff

Solution 2

Hi, another way

SQL

declare @string varchar(20)
set @string='e33-B6661-C1'
select right(@string,2), left(@string,9)--if format is always same 000-00000-00
SELECT right(@string, charindex('-', reverse(@string))-1) , left(@string,len(@string)- charindex('-', reverse(@string))) --if format is not fixed and dash is separator

Happy Coding!
:)

Posted 23-Jul-14 20:00pm

Aarti Meswania

Solution 3

This will help you :)

SQL

declare @string varchar(20)
set @string='e33-B6661-C1'
select substring(@string,1,charindex('-',@string,charindex('-',@string)+1)-1)

Posted 23-Jul-14 21:00pm

Prakriti Goyal

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Sharmanuj · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-23T21:19:00

Hi,

Use this to achieve your output

SQL

declare @string varchar(20)
set @string='e33-B6661-C1'

select @string

to get the output "B6661-C1"

SQL

select substring(@string,charindex('-',@string)+1,len(@string)-charindex('-',@string)+1)

to get the output "C1"

SQL

select substring(substring(@string,charindex('-',@string)+1,len(@string)-charindex('-',@string)+1)
,charindex('-',substring(@string,charindex('-',@string)+1,len(@string)-charindex('-',@string)+1))+1,
3)