Re: Remove numbers from string

Yes, but not nearly as flexible as owa_pattern, and infinitely more difficult to read.

Jared

On Monday 01 July 2002 14:33, Kirsch, Walter J (Northrop Grumman) wrote:
> Actually, it's simpler to use the trick
>
> select translate('abc123def432', '~1234567890','~') from dual;
>
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> Yes, use regular expressions via the owa_pattern package.
>
> Here's an example:
>
> declare
> tstr varchar2(100) := 'this c34ontains s0239everal 2340 numeric 882
> dig2its';
> begin
> dbms_output.put_line( tstr);
> -- remove the digits
> owa_pattern.change( tstr, '\d', '', 'g');
> dbms_output.put_line( tstr);
> -- remove the extra spaces
> owa_pattern.change( tstr, '\s+', ' ', 'g');
> dbms_output.put_line( tstr);
> end;
> /
>
> Jared
>
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> Nils Höglund <nils_at_naqua.se>
> Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
> 07/01/2002 04:18 AM
> Please respond to ORACLE-L
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> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
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> Subject: Remove numbers from string
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>
> Is there any way to remove all numbers from a string?
>
> The string might look like this: 'abc123def432'
> and I wan't it to look like this: 'abcdef'.
>
> I'm using Oracle 8.
>
>
> Thanks in advance!

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