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Charindex function in sql server


Charindex is used to find the position of the expression in another expression.

Syntax:
select charindex(Exptofind ,Exptosearch ,[Start_Position])

Examples:

select charindex('a','Rakesh') [Position] -- Here 'a' position is 2
select charindex('H','Hello World') [Position] -- Here 'H' position is 1
select charindex(' ','C# corner') [Position] -- Here [Space] position is 3
select charindex('W','C# corner') [Position]--Here 'W' position is 0 beacuse there no char 'W' in search Exp
select charindex('a', NULL) -- if any of the exp is null then result also null
select charindex(NULL,'Rakesh') -- if any of the exp is null then result also null
select charindex('o','Hello World',6)--Here 6 is the start postion of char to find the Exp

Example-2:

create table Employee
(
 EmpId int identity(1,1) primary key,
 Empname varchar(100),
 Salary int not null,
 Deptid int  constraint Dept_Fk references Department(DeptId)

)

insert into Employee
select 'Rakesh',8000,1
union all
select 'raju',1000,2
union all
select 'Naresh',5000,1
union all
select 'Venkatesh',5800,3

select * from Employee








Query -1

To find ‘R’ Charindex position from Empname column from Employee table.

select Empname,charindex('R',Empname) as [Position] 
from  Employee







Query-2

To find Whose Empname starts with name ‘R’ using Charindex

select * from Employee
where charindex('R',Empname)=1



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