There is a column name from which I want to use to make a new column.
example:
name
asd_abceur1mz_a
asd_fxasdrasdusd3mz_a
asd_abceur10yz_a
asd_fxasdrasdusd15yz_a
The length of the column is not fixed so I assumed i have to use charindex to have a reference point from which I could trim.
What i want: at the end there is always z_a, and i need to place in a separate column the left part from z_a like this:
nameNew
eur1m
usd3m
eur10y
usd15y
The problem is that the number (in this example 1, 3, 10, 15) has 1 or two digits. I need to extract the information from name to nameNew.
After that i was thinking to make it easier to read and to output it like this:
eur_1m
usd_3m
eur_10y
usd_15y
I tried using a combination of substring and charindex, but so far without success.
SELECT *
, SUBSTRING(name, 1, ( CHARINDEX('z_a', NAME) - 1 )) AS nameNew
FROM myTable
This is for the first step, trimming the string, for the 2nd step (making it easier to read) I don't know how to target the digit and place an _.
Any help would be appreciated. Using sql server 2012
First of all thank you for your time and solutions. But your queries more or less even if they are working for 1 or 2 digits have the same problem. Consider this situation:
name
ab_dertEUR03EUR10YZ_A
if eur is two times in the string, then how can I eliminate this? Sorry for not includding this in my original post but i forgot that situation is possible and now that's a problem.
test your queries here, on this example: http://www.sqlfiddle.com/#!3/21610/1
Please note that at the end it can be any combination of 1 or 2 digits and the letter y or m.
Ex: ab_rtgtEUR03EUR2YZ_A , ab_rtgtEUR03EUR2mZ_A, ab_rtgtEUR03EUR20YZ_A, ab_rtgtEUR03EUR20mZ_A
Some values for testing:
('ex_CHFCHF01CHF10YZ_A'), ('ab_rtgtEUR03EUR2YZ_A'), ('RON_asdRON2MZ_A'),
('tg_USDUSD04USD5YZ_A');
My understanding of your queries is that they perform something simillar to this (or at least they should)
ex_CHFCHF01CHF10YZ_A -> ex_CHFCHF01CHF10Y -> Y01FHC10FHCFHC -> Y01FHC -> CHF01Y -> CHF_01Y
RON_asdRON2MZ_A -> RON_asdRON2M -> M2NORdsa_ron -> M2NOR -> RON2M -> RON_2M
This works for one or two digits:
stuff(case
when name like '%[0-9][0-9]_z[_]a'
then left(right(name, 9), 6)
when name like '%[0-9]_z[_]a'
then left(right(name, 8), 5)
end, 4, 0, '_')
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