STRPOS
Returns the starting position of the first instance of a given substring within a string.
Syntax
STRPOS(STRING, SUBSTRING)
Arguments
STRING
STRING
Type: string
A sequence of characters to search.
SUBSTRING
SUBSTRING
Type: string
The substring to search for.
Returns
Type: bigint
Returns the starting position of the first instance of SUBSTRING
in STRING
.
Positions start from 1
. If no instance is found, 0
is returned.
Examples
STRING
SUBSTRING
Output
All happy families are alike
all
0
All happy families are alike
All
1
All happy families are alike
are
20
All happy families are alike
''
1
''
''
1
''
word
0
null
word
null
Transformation job example
SQL
CREATE JOB function_operator_example
ADD_MISSING_COLUMNS = true
AS INSERT INTO default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_transformed_data
MAP_COLUMNS_BY_NAME
SELECT
LOWER(customer_firstname) AS lower_firstname,
STRPOS(LOWER(customer_firstname), 'a') AS name_strpos
FROM default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_raw_data
WHERE $commit_time BETWEEN run_start_time() AND run_end_time()
LIMIT 3;
Query result
lower_firstname
name_strpos
peter
0
brittany
6
christina
9
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