translate()

Replaces each character in string that matches a character in the from set with the corresponding character in the to set. If from is longer than to, occurrences of the extra characters in from are deleted.

Signature

translate ( string text, from text, to text ) → text

Examples

SELECT translate('12345', '143', 'ax');

a2x5

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