The easiest way to do that is using a function CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[HideNameWithAsterisks](@Name varchar(max)) RETURNS varchar(MAX) AS BEGIN DECLARE @loop int = LEN(@Name) WHILE @loop > 1 SELECT @Name = STUFF(@Name, @loop, 1, CASE WHEN SUBSTRING(@Name, @loop – 1, 2) like ‘% ‘ THEN ‘ ‘ WHEN SUBSTRING(@Name, @loop – 1, 2) like ‘ %’ […]
const theName = “Vincent van Gogh”; function hideWord(word) { if (word.length < 2) return word; return word.substring(0, 1) + ‘*’.repeat(word.length-1); } console.log(theName.split(” “).map(hideWord).join(” “)); OUTPUT: V****** v** G*** You could also wrap the whole lot in a function if you wanted to be able to call it from multiple places and avoid redefining it. function […]
pop(): Remove an item from the end of an array (returns the removed item) push(parameterToAdd): Add items to the end of an array (returns the new array length) shift(): Remove an item from the beginning of an array (returns the removed item) unshift(parameterToAdd): Add items to the beginning of an array (returns the new array […]
string myValueToSplit = “Istanbul, Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, Bali, Minsk, Belgrade, Kiev”; var theFirstValue = myValueToSplit.Split(‘,’)[0]; //OUTPUT: theFirstValue = “Istanbul” //You can change [0] as you wish. //For example, if you want to get Kiev, make it [7]
You can use the query below: DECLARE @Sentence VARCHAR(MAX) = ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’ DECLARE @first_space_index int = CHARINDEX(‘ ‘, @Sentence) – 1 DECLARE @last_space_index int = CHARINDEX(‘ ‘, REVERSE(@Sentence)) – 1 IF @first_space_index < 0 SELECT @Sentence AS [First Word], @Sentence AS [Last Word] ELSE SELECT SUBSTRING(@Sentence, 1, @first_space_index) […]