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regexp_extract

Description​

This function returns the first matching substring in the target value which matches the regular expression pattern. It extracts the item in pos that matches the pattern. The pattern must completely match some parts of str so that the function can return parts needed to be matched in the pattern. If no matches are found, it will return an empty string.

Syntax​

VARCHAR regexp_extract(VARCHAR str, VARCHAR pattern, int pos)

Examples​

Given this data:

SELECT HourlySkyConditions FROM quickstart.weatherdata
WHERE HourlySkyConditions LIKE '%OVC%'
LIMIT 10;
+---------------------+
| HourlySkyConditions |
+---------------------+
| OVC:08 110          |
| OVC:08 120          |
| OVC:08 120          |
| OVC:08 30           |
| OVC:08 29           |
| OVC:08 27           |
| OVC:08 26           |
| OVC:08 22           |
| OVC:08 23           |
| OVC:08 22           |
+---------------------+
10 rows in set (0.03 sec)

Return the two sets of digits following the string OVC: ​

SELECT regexp_extract(HourlySkyConditions, 'OVC:(\\d+ \\d+)', 1) FROM quickstart.weatherdata
WHERE HourlySkyConditions LIKE '%OVC%'
LIMIT 10;
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| regexp_extract(HourlySkyConditions, 'OVC:(\\d+ \\d+)', 1) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 08 110                                                    |
| 08 120                                                    |
| 08 120                                                    |
| 08 30                                                     |
| 08 29                                                     |
| 08 27                                                     |
| 08 26                                                     |
| 08 22                                                     |
| 08 23                                                     |
| 08 22                                                     |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
10 rows in set (0.01 sec)

Return only the second set of digits following the string OVC: ​

SELECT regexp_extract(HourlySkyConditions, 'OVC:(\\d+) (\\d+)', 2) FROM quickstart.weatherdata WHERE HourlySkyConditions LIKE '%OVC%' LIMIT 10;
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| regexp_extract(HourlySkyConditions, 'OVC:(\\d+) (\\d+)', 2) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 110                                                         |
| 120                                                         |
| 120                                                         |
| 30                                                          |
| 29                                                          |
| 27                                                          |
| 26                                                          |
| 22                                                          |
| 23                                                          |
| 22                                                          |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
10 rows in set (0.01 sec)
tip

The same result could be returned by not wrapping the first set of digits in a matching group () and returning the first group:

regexp_extract(HourlySkyConditions, 'OVC:\\d+ (\\d+)', 1)

keyword​

REGEXP_EXTRACT,REGEXP,EXTRACT