Extract a substring with a specific pattern in MySql

Question

I have a text box that looks like this:

option[A]sum[A]g3et[B]

I want to get the text that is inside [ ]without duplicates. Value:

A
B

There cannot be a double type case [ [ ] ].

I know this is a terrible way to store data in databases. I cannot change the way data is saved. I just need to get very specific (one-time) information from this column.

I tried to do:

SELECT substring_index(substring_index(sentence, '[', -1),']', 1)
FROM (SELECT 'THIS[A] IS A TEST' AS sentence) temp;

It gives me A, but it will not work for many [].

I was thinking about using regex, but I don't know how much [ ]I have.

How to do it?

Answer 1

DB, :

CREATE TABLE tab(id INT, col VARCHAR(100));           
INSERT INTO tab(id, col) 
VALUES (1, 'option[A]sum[A]g3et[B]'), (2, '[Cosi]sum[A]g3et[ZZZZ]');      

SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM (
  SELECT id, RIGHT(val, LENGTH(val) - LOCATE('[', val)) AS val
  FROM
  (
    SELECT id, SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(t.col, ']', n.n), ']', -1) AS val
    FROM tab t 
    CROSS JOIN 
    (
     SELECT a.N + b.N * 10 + 1 n
       FROM 
      (SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9) a
      ,(SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9) b
    ) n
    WHERE n.n <= 1 + (LENGTH(t.col) - LENGTH(REPLACE(t.col, ']', '')))
  ) sub
) s
WHERE val <> ''
ORDER BY ID;

SqlFiddleDemo

:

col CROSS JOIN. 100.

:

:

• CROSS JOIN
• ]
• RIGHT(val, LENGTH(val) - LOCATE('[', val)) [
• DISTINCT

:

╔════╦══════════╗
║ id ║   val    ║
╠════╬══════════╣
║  1 ║ option[A ║
║  1 ║ sum[A    ║
║  1 ║ g3et[B   ║
║  1 ║          ║
╚════╩══════════╝

:

╔════╦═════╗
║ id ║ val ║
╠════╬═════╣
║  1 ║ A   ║
║  1 ║ A   ║
║  1 ║ B   ║
║  1 ║     ║
╚════╩═════╝

:

╔════╦═════╗
║ id ║ val ║
╠════╬═════╣
║  1 ║ A   ║
║  1 ║ B   ║
╚════╩═════╝

..

, :

WHERE n.n <= 1 + (LENGTH(t.col) - LENGTH(REPLACE(t.col, ']', '')))
  AND t.id = ?

2:

. http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/8ee95/1 . longtext.

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SQL:

SELECT id, val,s.n
FROM (
  SELECT id, RIGHT(val, LENGTH(val) - LOCATE('[', val)) AS val,n
  FROM
  (
    SELECT id, SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(t.col, ']', n.n), ']', -1) AS val, n.n
    FROM (SELECT id, REPLACE(col, '[]','') as col FROM tab) t
    CROSS JOIN 
    (
     SELECT e.N * 10000 + d.N * 1000 + c.N * 100 + a.N + b.N * 10 + 1 n
       FROM 
      (SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9) a
      ,(SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9) b
      ,(SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9) c
      ,(SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9) d
      ,(SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9) e

    ) n
    WHERE n.n <= 1 + (LENGTH(t.col) - LENGTH(REPLACE(t.col, ']', '')))
  ) sub
) s
WHERE val <> ''
GROUP BY id, val
HAVING n <> MAX(n)
ORDER BY id,n;

SqlFiddleDemo

:

╔═════╦═════════════╦════╗
║ id  ║    val      ║ n  ║
╠═════╬═════════════╬════╣
║  1  ║ CE31285LV4  ║  1 ║
║  1  ║ D32E        ║  3 ║
║  1  ║ GTX750      ║  5 ║
║  1  ║ M256S       ║  7 ║
║  1  ║ H2X1T       ║  9 ║
║  1  ║ FMLANE4U4   ║ 11 ║
╚═════╩═════════════╩════╝

3:

? n

CROSS JOIN, - . . MySQL (, generate_series , CROSS JOIN.

SUBSTRING_INDEX:

SUBSTRING_INDEX (, DELIM, )

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