SELECT names/zh
| name | continent |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Asia |
| Albania | Europe |
| Algeria | Africa |
| Andorra | Europe |
| Angola | Africa |
| .... | |
name:國家名稱
continent:洲份
Pattern Matching Strings
此教程使用LIKE運算子來檢查國家名字,我們會在world表格中運用SELECT語句:
你可以用WHERE name LIKE 'B%'來找出以 B 為開首的國家。
%是萬用字元,可以用代表任何字完。
找出以 Y 為開首的國家。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'F%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'Y%'
找出以 Y 為結尾的國家。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'T%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%y'
“Luxembourg 盧森堡”中有一個x字母,還有一個國家的名字中有x。列出這兩個國家。
找出所有國家,其名字包括字母x。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'T%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%x%'
“Iceland 冰島”和“Switzerland 瑞士”的名字都是以”land”作結束的。還有其他嗎?
找出所有國家,其名字以 land 作結尾。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'T%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%land'
“Columbia 哥倫比亞”是以 C 作開始,ia 作結尾的。還有兩個國家相同。
找出所有國家,其名字以 C 作開始,ia 作結尾。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'T%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'C%ia'
“Greece 希臘”中有雙 e 字。哪個國家有雙 o 字呢?
找出所有國家,其名字包括字母oo。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%ee%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%oo%'
“Bahamas 巴哈馬”中有三個 a,還有嗎?
找出所有國家,其名字包括三個或以上的a。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'T%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%a%a%a%'
“India 印度”和”Angola 安哥拉”的第二個字母都是 n。
你可以用底線符_當作單一個字母的萬用字元。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '_n%'
ORDER BY name
找出所有國家,其名字以t作第二個字母。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '_n%'
ORDER BY name
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '_t%'
ORDER BY name
“Lesotho 賴索托”和”Moldova 摩爾多瓦”都有兩個字母 o,被另外兩個字母相隔着。
找出所有國家,其名字都有兩個字母 o,被另外兩個字母相隔着。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '_n%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%o__o%'
“Cuba古巴”和”Togo 多哥”都是 4 個字母。
找出所有國家,其名字都是 4 個字母的。
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'Cu%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '____'
更困難的問題
如你覺得以上題目太容易了,非常好。Well done for getting this far. 下面的題目更困難,更有挑戰性!
“Luxembourg 盧森堡”的首都 capital 都同樣叫“Luxembourg”。
顯示所有國家名字,其首都和國家名字是相同的。
SELECT name, capital, continent
FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%x%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name = capital
“Mexico 墨西哥”的首都是”Mexico City”。
顯示所有國家名字,其首都是國家名字加上”City”。
函數concat 可以用來合拼兩個或以上的字串。
SELECT name, concat(name, 'town')
FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%ina%'
SELECT name FROM world
WHERE capital = concat(name, ' City')
找出所有首都和其國家名字,而首都要有國家名字中出現。
SELECT capital, name FROM world
WHERE capital LIKE concat('%', name, '%')
找出所有首都和其國家名字,而首都是國家名字的延伸。
你應顯示 Mexico City,因它比其國家名字 Mexico 長。
你不應顯示 Luxembourg,因它的首都和國家名相是相同的。
SELECT name, capital FROM world
WHERE capital LIKE concat(name, '_%')
"Monaco-Ville"是合併國家名字 "Monaco" 和延伸詞"-Ville".
顯示國家名字,及其延伸詞,如首都是國家名字的延伸。
你可以使用SQL函數 REPLACE 或 MID.
select name,mid(capital,length(name)+1) ext
from world
where capital like concat(name,'_%')
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