
Regexp_count(‘I love SQL.SQL is lovely language’, ‘SQL’) If user wants to count, the simple string pattern from specific statement then REGEXP_COUNT function is useful. Let us take some useful examples of REGEXP_COUNT function.Įxample 1: Count of Simple string pattern The REGEXP_COUNT function is used to find the count of the specific pattern in the string. Now let us check different useful examples of REGEXP_COUNT function.ġ.If user has entered the conflicting values in match parameter then Oracle REGEXP_COUNT function always uses the last value.Ģ.If user removes the match_parameter then it should use the NLS_SORT parameter with case sensitive search.ģ.If the REGEXP_COUNT function does not find any occurrence of pattern, it will return 0. These are above important parameters used in REGEXP_COUNT function.

Position: The position is any number from which user needs to start checking the pattern. Pattern: The pattern is any specific pattern which user needs to search for countģ. String: String is any string from which user needs to check specific pattern.Ģ. The syntax of REGEXP_COUNT contains different options.ġ. The Oracle REGEXP_COUNT Function is used to calculate the number of occurrences of regular expression in the string. This is very different from the plain COUNT function which is a column level function, whereas, REGEXP_COUNT is a cell level function which operates on each cell individually. This function was introduced in Oracle 11g and it allows us to count the number of times a pattern or a substring occurs in the source string.

There are so many situations where user need to calculate the count of different operators like comma or pipe operator. There are so many scenarios where user needs to calculate the occurrences in the string. The Oracle REGEXP_COUNT function is used to count the occurrences of the pattern in the string. In this article, I will try to give idea about another regular expression function, which is Oracle REGEXP_COUNT Examples. In my previous articles, I have given the idea about different REGEXP functions and examples of REGEXP_LIKE function.
