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I have a VARCHAR field that contains a city and a 2 digit state abbreviation, but there tends to be leading and trailing spaces in the field. I need to parse out the City and State Abbrev into separate fields. Currently I just have this to parse out the State, but I have no idea how to handle the City



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  • Is there a delimiter between City and State like a comma? Or a space between? And is it consistent?

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I have a VARCHAR field that contains a city and a 2 digit state abbreviation, but there tends to be leading and trailing spaces in the field. I need to parse out the City and State Abbrev into separate fields. Currently I just have this to parse out the State, but I have no idea how to handle the City



RIGHT(RTRIM(alt.Address),2)









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  • Is there a delimiter between City and State like a comma? Or a space between? And is it consistent?

    – Jacob H
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I have a VARCHAR field that contains a city and a 2 digit state abbreviation, but there tends to be leading and trailing spaces in the field. I need to parse out the City and State Abbrev into separate fields. Currently I just have this to parse out the State, but I have no idea how to handle the City



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I have a VARCHAR field that contains a city and a 2 digit state abbreviation, but there tends to be leading and trailing spaces in the field. I need to parse out the City and State Abbrev into separate fields. Currently I just have this to parse out the State, but I have no idea how to handle the City



RIGHT(RTRIM(alt.Address),2)






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  • Is there a delimiter between City and State like a comma? Or a space between? And is it consistent?

    – Jacob H
    5 hours ago

















  • Is there a delimiter between City and State like a comma? Or a space between? And is it consistent?

    – Jacob H
    5 hours ago
















Is there a delimiter between City and State like a comma? Or a space between? And is it consistent?

– Jacob H
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Is there a delimiter between City and State like a comma? Or a space between? And is it consistent?

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Try this



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
rtrim(left(ltrim(alt.Address),len(ltrim(rtrim(alt.Address))) - 2))


A slight variation on the second expression (city), which works the same but uses fewer ltrim/rtrim calls (which makes it more concise, albeit not necessarily clearer; it depends on how explicit you prefer the logic to be):



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
ltrim(rtrim(left(alt.Address,len(alt.Address) - 2)))


You can play with both options in this live demo at dbfiddle.uk.






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  • You can make the second expression simpler: left(alt.Address, len(alt.Address) - 2). Apply ltrim and/or rtrim to the result of left if necessary. That works because len ignores trailing spaces.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago












  • Thanks for sharing, I was not aware len() ignores the trailing spaces. However wouldn't you still need a ltrim() on the first parameter to left ? In the case of leading spaces.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    As I said, you can apply either ltrim or rtrim, or both, after applying the left, i.e. to the result of left.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    This actually still works with spaces in between city and state abbreviation, give it a shot.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    I took the liberty of adding the second option, as it's just a variation on your solution. If you don't like it, feel free to roll back, I don't mind, cheers

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago











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Try this



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
rtrim(left(ltrim(alt.Address),len(ltrim(rtrim(alt.Address))) - 2))


A slight variation on the second expression (city), which works the same but uses fewer ltrim/rtrim calls (which makes it more concise, albeit not necessarily clearer; it depends on how explicit you prefer the logic to be):



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
ltrim(rtrim(left(alt.Address,len(alt.Address) - 2)))


You can play with both options in this live demo at dbfiddle.uk.






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  • You can make the second expression simpler: left(alt.Address, len(alt.Address) - 2). Apply ltrim and/or rtrim to the result of left if necessary. That works because len ignores trailing spaces.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago












  • Thanks for sharing, I was not aware len() ignores the trailing spaces. However wouldn't you still need a ltrim() on the first parameter to left ? In the case of leading spaces.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    As I said, you can apply either ltrim or rtrim, or both, after applying the left, i.e. to the result of left.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    This actually still works with spaces in between city and state abbreviation, give it a shot.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    I took the liberty of adding the second option, as it's just a variation on your solution. If you don't like it, feel free to roll back, I don't mind, cheers

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago















3














Try this



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
rtrim(left(ltrim(alt.Address),len(ltrim(rtrim(alt.Address))) - 2))


A slight variation on the second expression (city), which works the same but uses fewer ltrim/rtrim calls (which makes it more concise, albeit not necessarily clearer; it depends on how explicit you prefer the logic to be):



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
ltrim(rtrim(left(alt.Address,len(alt.Address) - 2)))


You can play with both options in this live demo at dbfiddle.uk.






share|improve this answer

























  • You can make the second expression simpler: left(alt.Address, len(alt.Address) - 2). Apply ltrim and/or rtrim to the result of left if necessary. That works because len ignores trailing spaces.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago












  • Thanks for sharing, I was not aware len() ignores the trailing spaces. However wouldn't you still need a ltrim() on the first parameter to left ? In the case of leading spaces.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    As I said, you can apply either ltrim or rtrim, or both, after applying the left, i.e. to the result of left.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    This actually still works with spaces in between city and state abbreviation, give it a shot.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    I took the liberty of adding the second option, as it's just a variation on your solution. If you don't like it, feel free to roll back, I don't mind, cheers

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago













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3








3







Try this



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
rtrim(left(ltrim(alt.Address),len(ltrim(rtrim(alt.Address))) - 2))


A slight variation on the second expression (city), which works the same but uses fewer ltrim/rtrim calls (which makes it more concise, albeit not necessarily clearer; it depends on how explicit you prefer the logic to be):



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
ltrim(rtrim(left(alt.Address,len(alt.Address) - 2)))


You can play with both options in this live demo at dbfiddle.uk.






share|improve this answer















Try this



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
rtrim(left(ltrim(alt.Address),len(ltrim(rtrim(alt.Address))) - 2))


A slight variation on the second expression (city), which works the same but uses fewer ltrim/rtrim calls (which makes it more concise, albeit not necessarily clearer; it depends on how explicit you prefer the logic to be):



select right(rtrim(alt.Address),2),
ltrim(rtrim(left(alt.Address,len(alt.Address) - 2)))


You can play with both options in this live demo at dbfiddle.uk.







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  • You can make the second expression simpler: left(alt.Address, len(alt.Address) - 2). Apply ltrim and/or rtrim to the result of left if necessary. That works because len ignores trailing spaces.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago












  • Thanks for sharing, I was not aware len() ignores the trailing spaces. However wouldn't you still need a ltrim() on the first parameter to left ? In the case of leading spaces.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    As I said, you can apply either ltrim or rtrim, or both, after applying the left, i.e. to the result of left.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    This actually still works with spaces in between city and state abbreviation, give it a shot.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    I took the liberty of adding the second option, as it's just a variation on your solution. If you don't like it, feel free to roll back, I don't mind, cheers

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago

















  • You can make the second expression simpler: left(alt.Address, len(alt.Address) - 2). Apply ltrim and/or rtrim to the result of left if necessary. That works because len ignores trailing spaces.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago












  • Thanks for sharing, I was not aware len() ignores the trailing spaces. However wouldn't you still need a ltrim() on the first parameter to left ? In the case of leading spaces.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    As I said, you can apply either ltrim or rtrim, or both, after applying the left, i.e. to the result of left.

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    This actually still works with spaces in between city and state abbreviation, give it a shot.

    – kevinnwhat
    4 hours ago






  • 1





    I took the liberty of adding the second option, as it's just a variation on your solution. If you don't like it, feel free to roll back, I don't mind, cheers

    – Andriy M
    4 hours ago
















You can make the second expression simpler: left(alt.Address, len(alt.Address) - 2). Apply ltrim and/or rtrim to the result of left if necessary. That works because len ignores trailing spaces.

– Andriy M
4 hours ago






You can make the second expression simpler: left(alt.Address, len(alt.Address) - 2). Apply ltrim and/or rtrim to the result of left if necessary. That works because len ignores trailing spaces.

– Andriy M
4 hours ago














Thanks for sharing, I was not aware len() ignores the trailing spaces. However wouldn't you still need a ltrim() on the first parameter to left ? In the case of leading spaces.

– kevinnwhat
4 hours ago





Thanks for sharing, I was not aware len() ignores the trailing spaces. However wouldn't you still need a ltrim() on the first parameter to left ? In the case of leading spaces.

– kevinnwhat
4 hours ago




1




1





As I said, you can apply either ltrim or rtrim, or both, after applying the left, i.e. to the result of left.

– Andriy M
4 hours ago





As I said, you can apply either ltrim or rtrim, or both, after applying the left, i.e. to the result of left.

– Andriy M
4 hours ago




1




1





This actually still works with spaces in between city and state abbreviation, give it a shot.

– kevinnwhat
4 hours ago





This actually still works with spaces in between city and state abbreviation, give it a shot.

– kevinnwhat
4 hours ago




1




1





I took the liberty of adding the second option, as it's just a variation on your solution. If you don't like it, feel free to roll back, I don't mind, cheers

– Andriy M
4 hours ago





I took the liberty of adding the second option, as it's just a variation on your solution. If you don't like it, feel free to roll back, I don't mind, cheers

– Andriy M
4 hours ago

















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