query to get partial data in a column

hello

need help to get part of description column

table:orders
orderid and description

data is
(1,hdmi cable 1cd)
(2,hdmi cable 1dc)
(3,logitech mouse 1ab)

i need to query the description but it should show only from 1

1,1cd
2,1dc
3,1ab

how do i get that

thanks for your help

Is it always a 1 ? If so, the following should work:

Code:

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SQL> select * from orders;

  ORDERID DESCRIPTION
---------- -------------------------
        1 hdmi cable 1cd
        2 hdmi cable 1dc
        3 logitech mouse 1ab

SQL> select orderid,
  2        regexp_substr(description, '1[^ ]*$') description
  3  from orders;

  ORDERID DESCRIPTION
---------- -------------------------
        1 1cd
        2 1dc
        3 1ab

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Hi

Can you please explain the regular expresssion

'1[^ ]*$'


I understand
* -------------> match any number of characters
$-------------->End of line
1-------------->Number 1

what is [^ ] ?

regards
Hrishy

*  --> will match ZERO or more characters of the preceding character/expression
[ ] --> indicates a character list and the ^ is used to negate the character list
          (ie. match ALL characters NOT IN this list).

therefore, [^ ]* will match ZERO or more characters EXCEPT spaces

THANK YOU for your your help and time ..

not sure what i was thinking ,its supposed to be T instead of 1 and yes it always starts with T and we have lot of "," or "-" in between description but not after T.Also we have spaces like T cd or T DC

do we need to use different expression if its charachter instead of a number..

SQL> select * from orders;

ORDERID DESCRIPTION
---------- -------------------------
1 hdmi cable Tcd
2 hdmi cable Tdc
3 logitech mouse Tab

The following should work based on that assumption:

Code:

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ltrim(regexp_substr(description, ' T.*$'))

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Yes that worked,THANK YOU again for your quick help

i see where i went wrong i kept modifying you orginal advise without the dot (t*$) and never got result.you last advise worked great