{"id":11007,"date":"2023-10-10T23:45:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/?page_id=11007"},"modified":"2023-10-12T21:57:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T04:57:03","slug":"mysql-locate-function","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/mysql-string-functions\/mysql-locate-function\/","title":{"rendered":"MySQL LOCATE() Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to use the MySQL <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function to find the position of a substring within a given string.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction to MySQL LOCATE() function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function returns the position of a substring within a given string. The <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function has the following syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">LOCATE(substring, string, position)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>substring<\/code>: The substring that you want to locate within the main string.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>string<\/code>: The main string that you want to find the substring.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>position<\/code>: The position within the main string where you want to start searching for the substring. The <code>position<\/code> is optional. If you omit it, the search starts from the beginning of the string.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If the <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function cannot find the substring in the string starting at the position, it returns 0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If any argument is <code>NULL<\/code>, the <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function returns <code>NULL<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MySQL LOCATE() function examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take some examples of using the <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) Simple MySQL LOCATE() function example<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example uses the <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function to find the position of the substring <code>'MySQL'<\/code> in the string <code>'Hello, MySQL'<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">LOCATE<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'MySQL'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Hello, MySQL'<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">position<\/span>;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">----------+<\/span>\n| position |\n+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">----------+<\/span>\n|        8 |\n+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">----------+<\/span>\n1 row in <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.01<\/span> sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this example, the <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function returns 8 indicating the string <code>'MySQL'<\/code> starts at the 8th position in the string <code>'Hello, MySQL'<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since we don&#8217;t use the <code>position<\/code> parameter, the <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function starts searching for the substring from the <strong>beginning<\/strong> of the string.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) Using LOCATE() function using the position parameter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example uses the <code>LOCATE<\/code> function to find the substring <code>\"know\"<\/code> in the string &#8220;<code>You don't know what you don't know\"<\/code> starting from position 12:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">LOCATE<\/span>(\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">'know'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"You don't know what you don't know\"<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-number\">12<\/span>\n  ) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">position<\/span>;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">----------+<\/span>\n| position |\n+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">----------+<\/span>\n|       31 |\n+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">----------+<\/span>\n1 row in <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.00<\/span> sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The main string <code>\"You don't know what you don't know\"<\/code> has two words <code>\"know\"<\/code>. The first substring <code>\"know\"<\/code> starts at position 11 and the second one starts at position 31 in the main string.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because we use the value 12 for the <code>position<\/code> argument, the <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function starts searching for the substring <code>\"know\"<\/code> at position 12 and finds it at position 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) Handling cases with no match<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the substring is not found in the main string, the <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function returns 0. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">LOCATE<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'alien'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'earth'<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">--------------------------+<\/span>\n| LOCATE('alien', 'earth') |\n+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">--------------------------+<\/span>\n|                        0 |\n+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">--------------------------+<\/span>\n1 row in <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.00<\/span> sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function returns 0 because it cannot find the string <code>\"alien\"<\/code> in the string <code>\"earth\"<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4) Using LOCATE() function with the table data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll use the <code>products<\/code> table from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/getting-started-with-mysql\/mysql-sample-database\/\">sample database<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/products.svg\" alt=\"MySQL LOCATE() Function - Sample Table\" class=\"wp-image-10788\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example uses the <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function to find the product that has the word <code>\"Harley Davidson\"<\/code> in the product description:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-8\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \n  productName \n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> \n  products \n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">WHERE<\/span> \n  <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">LOCATE<\/span>(\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Harley Davidson\"<\/span>, productDescription\n  ) &gt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-8\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-9\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">--------------------------------------+<\/span>\n| productName                          |\n+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">--------------------------------------+<\/span>\n| 2003 Harley-Davidson Eagle Drag Bike |\n+<span class=\"hljs-comment\">--------------------------------------+<\/span>\n1 row in <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.01<\/span> sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-9\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the MySQL <code>LOCATE()<\/code> function to find the position of a substring within a given string starting at a specified position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content\" data-title=\"\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"wth-question\">Was this tutorial helpful? 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