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SUBSTRING

Extracts a range of characters from a string.

Syntax

SUBSTRING(str, start, len)
SUBSTR(str, start, len)

Arguments

  • str: any string or binary object
  • start: the one-indexed position to start at. If negative, counts from the end.
  • len: the number of characters to extract

Return Type

String

Examples

memsql> select substring('1234567890', 3, 3);
+-------------------------------+
| substring('1234567890', 3, 3) |
+-------------------------------+
| 345                           |
+-------------------------------+

memsql> select substring('1234567890', -3, 3);
+--------------------------------+
| substring('1234567890', -3, 3) |
+--------------------------------+
| 890                            |
+--------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.68 sec)

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