Name
sprintf_inverse — returns vector on a specified pattern.
Synopsis
sprintf_inverse ( |
strg string , |
| format string , | |
err integer ); |
Description
sprintf_inverse gets a string to parse, a format string and an integer (0,1 or 2) that indicates error recovery method. If the first argument matches the format string then it returns vector of the pattern values.
Parameters
strg
a string to parse
format
a format string
err
indicates the error recovery method in case the string does not match to the format: 0 - to return NULL, 1 - to return shorter vector that consists of all values extracted before the mismatch has been detected, 2 - to return vector of expected length with NULLs instead of values that were not found due to mismatch
Examples
Example24.388.Example 1
SQL> select sprintf_inverse ('qwe123asd456zxcABRACADABRA', 'qwe%dasd%dzxc%s', 2);
callret
VARCHAR
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vector(123,456,0x00adfae8)
1 Rows. -- 0 msec.
SQL>
Example24.389.Example 2
SQL> select sprintf_inverse ('---123', '%-R', 2);
callret
VARCHAR
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vector(0x00b070e8)
1 Rows. -- 0 msec.
SQL>