Re: [GENERAL] Request to add feature to the Position function

[Mark Watson]

De : pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org 
[mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] De la part de Ron Ben
Envoyé : Monday, March 27, 2017 11:05 AM
À : pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Objet : [GENERAL] Request to add feature to the Position function
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> position(substring in string)

> as listed here:

> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-string.html

> locates sub string in a string.

>

> It doesn't support locateing the substring from the back.
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If what you mean by ‘from the back’  is ‘the last occurrence in a string read 
from left to right’, here is a quickie plpgsql function:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION rposition(substr text, str text)
  RETURNS integer AS
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declare
pos integer;
lastpos integer;
begin
pos := position(substr in str);
lastpos := 0;

while pos <> 0 loop
            lastpos := pos;
            pos := position(substr in substring(str from pos + 1));
            if pos > 0 then pos := pos + lastpos ; end if;
end loop;
return lastpos;
end;
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  LANGUAGE plpgsql IMMUTABLE