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Oracle PL / SQL
Char Functions
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TRANSLATE() returns a string where all occurrences of the from_template are replaced with corresponding characters in the to_template.
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from_template argument can contain more characters than to_template.
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all dashes ("-") were dropped from the translated string, and the digit "9" was translated into an asterisk.
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Translate: replaces a string character by character
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TRANSLATE(x, from_string, to_string): Converts all occurrences of from_string in x to to_string
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Using the TRANSLATE() Function: to encode and decode
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Shifts the lowercase as well as uppercase characters in a column
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TRANSLATE(): convert numbers
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Use translate function in update statement
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TRANSLATE('555-143-3344', '1234567890','XXXXXXXXXX') phone