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REGEXP_EXTRACT_NTH

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Updated at November 6, 2024

Syntax

REGEXP_EXTRACT_NTH( string, pattern, match_index )

Description

Returns a substring string that matches the regular expression pattern pattern starting from the specified index.

Argument types:

  • string — String
  • pattern — String
  • match_index — Integer

Return type: String

Note

Only constant values are accepted for the arguments (pattern).

Note

See the documentation of the data source to clarify the regular expression syntax. For example, ClickHouse uses the RE2 syntax to compose regular expressions.

Example

REGEXP_EXTRACT_NTH("RU 912 EN 873", "[A-Z]+\s+(\d+)", 2) = "873"

Data source support

ClickHouse 21.8, Files, Google Sheets, MySQL 8.0.12, Oracle Database 12c (12.1), PostgreSQL 9.3, Yandex Documents.

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