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APPEND_TRAILING_CHAR_IF_ABSENT

Description​

Used to add a specific character (such as a space, a specific symbol, etc.) to the end of a string if the character does not exist at the end of the string. The function is to ensure that the string ends with a specific character.

Syntax​

APPEND_TRAILING_CHAR_IF_ABSENT ( <str> , <trailing_char> )

Parameters​

ParametersDescription
<str>Target string to be judged
<trailing_char>Character to be added to the end of the string (if the character does not exist)

Return value​

Parameters The string after concatenation of <str> and <trailing_char> (if <trailing_char> does not exist in <str>)

Example​

SELECT APPEND_TRAILING_CHAR_IF_ABSENT('a','c'),APPEND_TRAILING_CHAR_IF_ABSENT('ac', 'c'),APPEND_TRAILING_CHAR_IF_ABSENT('ac', 'cd')
+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
| append_trailing_char_if_absent('a', 'c') | append_trailing_char_if_absent('ac', 'c') | append_trailing_char_if_absent('ac', 'cd') |
+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
| ac | ac | accd |
+------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+