{"id":18762,"date":"2024-03-15T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-extract-specific-content-from-an-oracle-string\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:05:03","slug":"how-to-extract-specific-content-from-an-oracle-string","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-extract-specific-content-from-an-oracle-string\/","title":{"rendered":"How to extract specific content from an Oracle string?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To extract specific content, you can use the SUBSTR function. This function is used for extracting substrings from a string.<\/p>\n<p>Syntax:<br \/>\nSUBSTR(string, start_position, length)<\/p>\n<p>Explanation of parameters:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>string: the string to be extracted.<\/li>\n<li>start_position: specifies the character at which to begin the extraction. 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