Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial/Character String Functions/RTRIM
Rtrim removes a set of characters from the right of a string
RTRIM stands for "right trim."
The general format for this function is:
RTRIM(string, characters_to_remove)
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SQL> SELECT RTRIM("Computers", "s") FROM dual; RTRIM("C
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RTRIM(x [, trim_string]) trim characters from the right of x.
You can supply an optional trim_string that specifies the characters to trim.
If no trim_string is supplied, spaces are trimmed by default.
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SQL> SELECT RTRIM("Hi abcabc", "abc") FROM dual; RTR --- Hi SQL></source>
Trim letter S from both sides
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SQL> SQL> create table emp
2 ( empno NUMBER(4) constraint E_PK primary key 3 , ename VARCHAR2(8) 4 , init VARCHAR2(5) 5 , job VARCHAR2(8) 6 , mgr NUMBER(4) 7 , bdate DATE 8 , sal NUMBER(6,2) 9 , comm NUMBER(6,2) 10 , deptno NUMBER(2) default 10 11 ) ;
Table created. SQL> insert into emp values(1,"Tom","N", "Coder", 13,date "1965-12-17", 800 , NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(2,"Jack","JAM", "Tester",6,date "1961-02-20", 1600, 300, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(3,"Wil","TF" , "Tester",6,date "1962-02-22", 1250, 500, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(4,"Jane","JM", "Designer", 9,date "1967-04-02", 2975, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(5,"Mary","P", "Tester",6,date "1956-09-28", 1250, 1400, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(6,"Black","R", "Designer", 9,date "1963-11-01", 2850, NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(7,"Chris","AB", "Designer", 9,date "1965-06-09", 2450, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(8,"Smart","SCJ", "Coder", 4,date "1959-11-26", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(9,"Peter","CC", "Designer",NULL,date "1952-11-17", 5000, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(10,"Take","JJ", "Tester",6,date "1968-09-28", 1500, 0, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(11,"Ana","AA", "Coder", 8,date "1966-12-30", 1100, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(12,"Jane","R", "Manager", 6,date "1969-12-03", 800 , NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(13,"Fake","MG", "Coder", 4,date "1959-02-13", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(14,"Mike","TJA","Manager", 7,date "1962-01-23", 1300, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> select ename
2 , ltrim(ename,"S") as ltrim_s 3 , rtrim(ename,"S") as rtrim_s 4 from emp 5 where deptno = 20;
ENAME LTRIM_S RTRIM_S
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Tom Tom Tom Jane Jane Jane Smart mart Smart Ana Ana Ana Fake Fake Fake SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.</source>