Use this function to split input string at separator.
Syntax
split (
p_str in varchar2,
p_sep in varchar2 default apex_application.LF,
p_limit in pls_integer default null )
return apex_t_varchar2;
Parameters
Table 32-20 SPLIT Function Signature 1 Parameters
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
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The input string. |
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The separator. If null, split after each character. If a single character, split at this character. If more than 1 character, split at regular expression. The default is to split at line feed. |
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Maximum number of splits, ignored if null. If smaller than the total possible number of splits, the last table element contains the rest. |
Examples
apex_string.split(1||chr(10)||2||chr(10)||3)
-> apex_t_varchar2('1','2','3')
apex_string.split('1:2:3',':')
-> apex_t_varchar2('1','2','3')
apex_string.split('123',null)
-> apex_t_varchar2('1','2','3')
apex_string.split('1:2:3:4',':',2)
-> apex_t_varchar2('1','2:3:4')
apex_string.split('key1=val1, key2=val2','\s*[=,]\s*')
-> apex_t_varchar2('key1','val1','key2','val2')
Parent topic: APEX_STRING