Updated on 2023-03-17 GMT+08:00

string_split

The string_split function splits a target string into substrings based on the specified separator and returns a substring list.

Description

string_split(target, separator)
Table 1 string_split parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

target

STRING

Target string to be processed

NOTE:
  • If target is NULL, an empty line is returned.
  • If target contains two or more consecutive separators, an empty substring is returned.
  • If target does not contain a specified separator, the original string passed to target is returned.

separator

VARCHAR

Delimiter. Currently, only single-character delimiters are supported.

Example

  1. Prepare test input data.
    Table 2 Source table disSource

    target (STRING)

    separator (VARCHAR)

    test-flink

    -

    flink

    -

    one-two-ww-three

    -

  2. Write test SQL statements.
    create table disSource(
      target STRING,
      separator  VARCHAR
    ) with (
      "connector.type" = "dis",
      "connector.region" = "xxx",
      "connector.channel" = "ygj-dis-in",
      "format.type" = 'csv'
    );
    
    create table disSink(
      target STRING,
      item STRING
    ) with (
      'connector.type' = 'dis',
      'connector.region' = 'xxx',
      'connector.channel' = 'ygj-dis-out',
      'format.type' = 'csv'
    );
    
    insert into
      disSink
    select
      target,
      item
    from
      disSource,
    lateral table(string_split(target, separator)) as T(item);
  3. Check test results.
    Table 3 disSink result table

    target (STRING)

    item (STRING)

    test-flink

    test

    test-flink

    flink

    flink

    flink

    one-two-ww-three

    one

    one-two-ww-three

    two

    one-two-ww-three

    ww

    one-two-ww-three

    three