What is the function of the Oracle translate function?

2 years ago
Sophia Anderson
1 minute

The TRANSLATE function in Oracle is used to replace characters in a string with other characters, allowing for specific character replacements within a query. Its syntax is:

TRANSLATE(string, from_chars, to_chars)

The parameter explanation is as follows:

  1. String to be replaced.
  2. Characters to be replaced
  3. Replaced set of characters

The TRANSLATE function replaces characters in a string based on the corresponding positions defined in the from_chars and to_chars parameters. If the length of from_chars is greater than the length of to_chars, any extra characters will be deleted. If the length of to_chars is greater than the length of from_chars, additional characters will be added to the resulting string after replacement.

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