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Re: Remove numbers from string

From: Alexandre Gorbatchev <alexandre.gorbatchev_at_avermann.de>
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 01:38:20 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0048DA24.20020702013820@fatcity.com>


Jared's passion to regular expessions is understandable after book "Perl for Oracle DBAs" :)

>
> 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;
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 4:23 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nils Höglund <nils_at_naqua.se>
> > Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
> > 07/01/2002 04:18 AM
> > Please respond to ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
<ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > cc:
> > Subject: Remove numbers from string
> >
> >
> >
> > 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!
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: Jared Still
> INET: jkstill_at_cybcon.com
>
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