how to retrieve numbers from a string

  • I have below kind of strings:

    21-12-ABCD

    23-1-hdf

    19-1345-dsnf

    i want a result like below for each string:

    21 12

    23 1

    19 1345

    How can i extract numbers before and after each hyphen?

  • Find the article with the string splitter named DelimitedSplit8K here on SSC and download it;

    it makes spitting things like this a lot easier.

    once split, you just filter for items that are numeric

    /*

    --Results

    valItemNumberItem

    21-12-ABCD121

    21-12-ABCD212

    23-1-hdf123

    23-1-hdf21

    19-1345-dsnf119

    19-1345-dsnf21345

    */

    ;WITH MyCTE([val])

    AS

    (

    SELECT '21-12-ABCD' UNION ALL

    SELECT '23-1-hdf' UNION ALL

    SELECT '19-1345-dsnf'

    )

    SELECT * FROM MyCTE

    CROSS APPLY master.dbo.DelimitedSplit8K([val],'-') fn

    WHERE ISNUMERIC(fn.Item) = 1

    Lowell


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  • i want to write a tsql query for it.

  • sqlinterset (11/21/2016)


    i want to write a tsql query for it.

    DelimitedSplit8K is a TSQL function.

    Lowell


    --help us help you! If you post a question, make sure you include a CREATE TABLE... statement and INSERT INTO... statement into that table to give the volunteers here representative data. with your description of the problem, we can provide a tested, verifiable solution to your question! asking the question the right way gets you a tested answer the fastest way possible!

  • i dont have it in my sql library .. is there any other way using traditional sql?

  • sqlinterset (11/21/2016)


    i dont have it in my sql library .. is there any other way using traditional sql?

    without reinventing the wheel?

    it's much easier to add it:

    it's in the zip files at the bottom of this article:

    Tally OH! An Improved SQL 8K “CSV Splitter” Function[/url]

    Lowell


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  • If your string pattern is consistent and you are 100% certain you will never have any decimal points you can do something like this.

    Thanks to Lowell for turning this into something so easily consumable.

    WITH MyCTE([val])

    AS

    (

    SELECT '21-12-ABCD' UNION ALL

    SELECT '23-1-hdf' UNION ALL

    SELECT '19-1345-dsnf'

    )

    select parsename(replace(val, '-', '.'), 3)

    , parsename(replace(val, '-', '.'), 2)

    from MyCTE

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  • Another way:

    WITH MyCTE(val) AS

    (

    SELECT '21-12-ABCD' UNION ALL

    SELECT '23-1-hdf' UNION ALL

    SELECT '19-1345-dsnf'

    )

    SELECT val,

    SUBSTRING(val, 1, d1.d-1),

    SUBSTRING(val, d1.d+1, CHARINDEX('-',val, d1.d+1)-(d1.d+1))

    FROM MyCTE

    CROSS APPLY (VALUES (CHARINDEX('-',val))) d1(d);

    "I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

    -- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

  • Just for the fun of it...

    Here's a function that'll remove all non-numeric values and place a single space between non-contiguous groups of numbers (not dependent on any specific pattern or delimiters)

    CREATE FUNCTION tfn_NumbersOnlyWithGaps

    /* ================================================================================

    11/28/2016 JL, Created...

    Inline table valued function. Removes all non-numeric characters and adds a space between number blocks

    ================================================================================ */

    (

    @String VARCHAR(8000)

    )

    RETURNS TABLE WITH SCHEMABINDING AS

    RETURN

    WITH

    n (n) AS (SELECT 1 FROM (VALUES (1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1)) n (n)),

    cte_Tally (n) AS (

    SELECT TOP (LEN(@String))

    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL))

    FROM n n1, n n2, n n3, n n4

    ),

    cte_GetNums AS (

    SELECT

    t.n,

    Num = CASE WHEN ASCII(SUBSTRING(@String, t.n, 1)) BETWEEN 48 AND 57 THEN SUBSTRING(@String, t.n, 1) END

    FROM

    cte_Tally t

    ),

    cte_FixSpaces AS (

    SELECT

    gn.n,

    Num = CASE WHEN gn.Num IS NULL AND LEAD(gn.Num, 1) OVER(ORDER BY gn.n) IS NOT NULL THEN ' ' ELSE gn.Num END

    FROM

    cte_GetNums gn

    )

    SELECT NumString = (

    SELECT

    fs.Num

    FROM

    cte_FixSpaces fs

    WHERE

    fs.Num IS NOT NULL

    ORDER BY

    fs.n

    FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.', 'nvarchar(max)'

    );

    GO

    Some test data...

    IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#TestData', 'U') IS NOT NULL

    DROP TABLE #TestData;

    CREATE TABLE #TestData (

    Value VARCHAR(50)

    );

    INSERT #TestData (Value) VALUES

    ('21-12-ABCD'),('23-1-hdf'),('19-1345-dsnf'),

    ('21-12-ABCD654'),('23-1-hdf967'),('19-1345-dsnf258'),

    ('1q2w3e4r5t6y'),('123edc4567ygv'),('369jhg852hjk147');

    SELECT

    td.Value,

    nwg.NumString

    FROM

    #TestData td

    CROSS APPLY tfn_NumbersOnlyWithGaps(td.Value) nwg;

    Results

    ValueNumString

    -----------------------------------------------------------------

    23-1-hdf23 1

    19-1345-dsnf19 1345

    21-12-ABCD65421 12 654

    23-1-hdf96723 1 967

    19-1345-dsnf25819 1345 258

    1q2w3e4r5t6y1 2 3 4 5 6

    123edc4567ygv123 4567

    369jhg852hjk147369 852 147

  • Assuming Jason's interpretation of the OP's requirement is correct and the requirement was to have all the numbers in a single column separated by spaces (which looks correct but who knows considering how the OP has disappeared)...

    You could use patternsplitCM[/url] like this:

    SELECT NumbersOnlyWithGaps =

    (

    SELECT item + ' '

    FROM dbo.patternsplitCM('123-444-rrrrttt','%[0-9]%')

    WHERE matched = 1

    FOR XML PATH('')

    );

    Against a table it would look like this:

    -- sample data

    DECLARE @sample TABLE (string varchar(100));

    INSERT @sample VALUES ('123-22-xxx'), ('33-22-44-ff'), ('xxx-3-sss-456');

    -- solution

    SELECT *

    FROM @sample

    CROSS APPLY

    (

    SELECT NumbersOnlyWithGaps =

    (

    SELECT item + ' '

    FROM dbo.patternsplitCM(string,'%[0-9]%')

    WHERE matched = 1

    FOR XML PATH('')

    )

    ) x;

    "I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

    -- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

  • sqlinterset (11/21/2016)


    i dont have it in my sql library ..

    You should add it. It comes in real handy. But, since you're using 2016, you should be able to use the new STRING_SPLIT function.

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt684588.aspx

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

  • Alan.B (11/28/2016)


    Assuming Jason's interpretation of the OP's requirement is correct and the requirement was to have all the numbers in a single column separated by spaces (which looks correct but who knows considering how the OP has disappeared)...

    You could use patternsplitCM[/url] like this:

    SELECT NumbersOnlyWithGaps =

    (

    SELECT item + ' '

    FROM dbo.patternsplitCM('123-444-rrrrttt','%[0-9]%')

    WHERE matched = 1

    FOR XML PATH('')

    );

    Against a table it would look like this:

    -- sample data

    DECLARE @sample TABLE (string varchar(100));

    INSERT @sample VALUES ('123-22-xxx'), ('33-22-44-ff'), ('xxx-3-sss-456');

    -- solution

    SELECT *

    FROM @sample

    CROSS APPLY

    (

    SELECT NumbersOnlyWithGaps =

    (

    SELECT item + ' '

    FROM dbo.patternsplitCM(string,'%[0-9]%')

    WHERE matched = 1

    FOR XML PATH('')

    )

    ) x;

    If the sample data provided by the OP is what all of the looks like, there is no need to go to the expense of splitting the strings at all.

    The following would be much faster than the fasted splitter function...

    SELECT

    td.Value,

    NewValue = LEFT(x2.Value, x3.c2)

    FROM

    #TestData td

    CROSS APPLY (SELECT CHARINDEX('-', td.Value)) x1 (c1)

    CROSS APPLY (SELECT STUFF(td.Value, x1.c1, 1, ' ')) x2 (Value)

    CROSS APPLY (SELECT CHARINDEX('-', x2.Value) -1) x3 (c2);

    Of that only works with the "numbers dash numbers dash letters" formatting.

    Plus it boring... My "just for the fun of it" solution answered (what I thought) was a more interesting question.

  • Of that only works with the "numbers dash numbers dash letters" formatting.

    Plus it boring... My "just for the fun of it" solution answered (what I thought) was a more interesting question.

    Yep, Yep - you answered the more interesting question for sure! 😉

    Working with strings is so much fun!

    "I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

    -- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

  • Alan.B (11/28/2016)


    Of that only works with the "numbers dash numbers dash letters" formatting.

    Plus it boring... My "just for the fun of it" solution answered (what I thought) was a more interesting question.

    Yep, Yep - you answered the more interesting question for sure! 😉

    Working with strings is so much fun!

    Agreed... Tricking SQL Server into being good at things it's not good at, is always a fun challenge.

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