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Version: 2.5

split_part

Description​

This function splits a given string according to the separators and returns the requested part. (start counting from the beginning)

Syntax​

VARCHAR split_part(VARCHAR content, VARCHAR delimiter, INT field)

Examples​

MySQL > select split_part("hello world", " ", 1);
+----------------------------------+
|split_part('hello world', ' ', 1) |
+----------------------------------+
| hello                            |
+----------------------------------+

MySQL > select split_part("hello world", " ", 2);
+-----------------------------------+
| split_part('hello world', ' ', 2) |
+-----------------------------------+
| world                             |
+-----------------------------------+

MySQL > select split_part("abca", "a", 1);
+----------------------------+
| split_part('abca', 'a', 1) |
+----------------------------+
|                            |
+----------------------------+

keyword​

SPLIT_PART,SPLIT,PART