MySQL String Functions

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MySQL String Functions, with function, and description.

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ID Function Description
1 ASCII Returns the ASCII value for the specific character
2 CHAR_LENGTH Returns the length of a string (in characters)
3 CHARACTER_LENGTH Returns the length of a string (in characters)
4 CONCAT Adds two or more expressions together
5 CONCAT_WS Adds two or more expressions together with a separator
6 FIELD Returns the index position of a value in a list of values
7 FIND_IN_SET Returns the position of a string within a list of strings
8 FORMAT Formats a number to a format like "#,###,###.##", rounded to a specified number of decimal places
9 INSERT Inserts a string within a string at the specified position and for a certain number of characters
10 INSTR Returns the position of the first occurrence of a string in another string
11 LCASE Converts a string to lower-case
12 LEFT Extracts a number of characters from a string (starting from left)
13 LENGTH Returns the length of a string (in bytes)
14 LOCATE Returns the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string
15 LOWER Converts a string to lower-case
16 LPAD Left-pads a string with another string, to a certain length
17 LTRIM Removes leading spaces from a string
18 MID Extracts a substring from a string (starting at any position)
19 POSITION Returns the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string
20 REPEAT Repeats a string as many times as specified
21 REPLACE Replaces all occurrences of a substring within a string, with a new substring
22 REVERSE Reverses a string and returns the result
23 RIGHT Extracts a number of characters from a string (starting from right)
24 RPAD Right-pads a string with another string, to a certain length
25 RTRIM Removes trailing spaces from a string

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