Text functions

These are all the functions defined in the text module:

function	parameters	description
contains	`sub` `col`	Returns true if `col` contains `sub`
ends_with	`sub` `col`	Returns true if `col` ends with `sub`
extract	`idx` `len` `col`	Extracts a substring at the index `idx` (starting at 1) with the length `len`
length	`col`	Returns the number of characters in `col`
lower	`col`	Converts `col` to lower case
ltrim	`col`	Removes all the whitespaces from the left side of `col`
replace	`before` `after` `col`	Replaces any occurrences of `before` with `after` in `col`
rtrim	`col`	Removes all the whitespaces from the right side of `col`
starts_with	`sub` `col`	Returns true if `col` starts with `sub`
trim	`col`	Removes all the whitespaces from both sides of `col`
upper	`col`	Converts `col` to upper case

Example

from employees
select {
  (last_name | text.lower | text.starts_with("a")),
  (title | text.replace "manager" "chief"),
}

SELECT
  LOWER(last_name) LIKE CONCAT('a', '%'),
  REPLACE(title, 'manager', 'chief')
FROM
  employees