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append_trailing_char_if_absent

append_trailing_char_if_absent​

description​

Syntax​

VARCHAR append_trailing_char_if_absent(VARCHAR str, VARCHAR trailing_char)

If the @str string is non-empty and does not contain the @trailing_char character at the end, it appends the @trailing_char character to the end. @trailing_char contains only one character, and it will return NULL if contains more than one character

example​

MySQL [test]> select append_trailing_char_if_absent('a','c');
+------------------------------------------+
| append_trailing_char_if_absent('a', 'c') |
+------------------------------------------+
| ac |
+------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

MySQL [test]> select append_trailing_char_if_absent('ac','c');
+-------------------------------------------+
| append_trailing_char_if_absent('ac', 'c') |
+-------------------------------------------+
| ac |
+-------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

keywords​

APPEND_TRAILING_CHAR_IF_ABSENT