all dashes ("-") were dropped from the translated string, and the digit "9" was translated into an asterisk. : Translate « Char Functions « Oracle PL / SQL






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all dashes ("-") were dropped from the translated string, and the digit "9" was translated into an asterisk.

 
SQL>
SQL> SELECT
  2       TRANSLATE('4428-2174-5093-1501'
  3                ,'0123456789-'
  4                ,'0123456789') numbers_only
  5  FROM dual;

NUMBERS_ONLY
----------------
4428217450931501








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1.TRANSLATE() returns a string where all occurrences of the from_template are replaced with corresponding characters in the to_template.
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4.TRANSLATE(x, from_string, to_string): Converts all occurrences of from_string in x to to_string
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