Yes, use regular expressions via the owa_pattern package.
Here's an example:
declare
tstr varchar2(100) := 'this c34ontains s0239everal 2340 numeric 882
dig2its';
begin
dbms_output.put_line( tstr);
-- remove the digits
owa_pattern.change( tstr, '\d', '', 'g');
dbms_output.put_line( tstr);
-- remove the extra spaces
owa_pattern.change( tstr, '\s+', ' ', 'g');
dbms_output.put_line( tstr);
end;
/
Jared
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Subject: Remove numbers from string
Is there any way to remove all numbers from a string?
The string might look like this: 'abc123def432'
and I wan't it to look like this: 'abcdef'.
I'm using Oracle 8.
Thanks in advance!
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