STRING_TO_TABLE Function (Deprecated)

48.142 STRING_TO_TABLE Function (Deprecated)

Note:

This function is deprecated. Oracle recommends APEX_STRING.STRING_TO_TABLE instead.

Given a string, this function returns a PL/SQL array of type APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2. This array is a VARCHAR2(32767) table.

Syntax

APEX_UTIL.STRING_TO_TABLE (
    p_string       IN VARCHAR2,
    p_separator    IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT ':') 
    RETURN APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2;

Parameters

Table 48-120 STRING_TO_TABLE Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_string`	String to be converted into a PL/SQL table of type `APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2`.
`p_separator`	String separator. The default is a colon.

Example

The following example demonstrates how the function is passed the string One:Two:Three in the p_string parameter and returns a PL/SQL array of type APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2 containing three elements: the element at position 1 contains the value One, position 2 contains the value Two, and position 3 contains the value Three. This is then output using the HTP.P function call.

DECLARE
    l_vc_arr2    APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2;
BEGIN
    l_vc_arr2 := APEX_UTIL.STRING_TO_TABLE('One:Two:Three');
    FOR z IN 1..l_vc_arr2.count LOOP
        htp.p(l_vc_arr2(z));
    END LOOP;
END;