This section contains reference documentation for the substr function.
Get substring of the input string from start to endIndex. Index begins at 0. Set endIndex to -1 to calculate till end of the string
SUBSTR(col, startIndex, endIndex)
select SUBSTR('Pinot', 1, -1) AS name FROM ignoreMe
select SUBSTR('Pinot', 0, 2) AS name FROM ignoreMe
inot
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