SQL String Functions Substring
Example
Syntax is: SUBSTRING ( string_expression, start, length ). Note that SQL strings are 1-indexed.
SELECT SUBSTRING('Hello', 1, 2) --returns 'He'
SELECT SUBSTRING('Hello', 3, 3) --returns 'llo'
This is often used in conjunction with the LEN() function to get the last n characters of a string of unknown length.
DECLARE @str1 VARCHAR(10) = 'Hello', @str2 VARCHAR(10) = 'FooBarBaz';
SELECT SUBSTRING(@str1, LEN(@str1) - 2, 3) --returns 'llo'
SELECT SUBSTRING(@str2, LEN(@str2) - 2, 3) --returns 'Baz'
