{"id":8073,"date":"2024-03-14T07:30:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-replace-specific-characters-in-a-hive\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T00:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T00:17:51","slug":"how-to-replace-specific-characters-in-a-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-replace-specific-characters-in-a-hive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Replace Characters in Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To replace characters at a specific position in Hive, you can use the SUBSTRING and CONCAT functions. 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