Using RIGHT() , LEFT() and REVERSE()

In the previous exercise, you used SUBSTRING() and CHARINDEX() to split the city_state column into two new columns.

This time you need to do the same, but using the LEFT(), RIGHT(), and REVERSE() functions.

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Cleaning Data in SQL Server Databases

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Exercise instructions

Extract the name of the city using LEFT() and CHARINDEX().
Extract the name of the state using RIGHT(), CHARINDEX() and REVERSE().

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Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

SELECT
	client_name,
	client_surname,
    -- Extract the name of the city
	___(city_state, ___(', ', city_state) - 1) AS city,
    -- Extract the name of the state
    ___(city_state, ___(' ,', ___(city_state)) - 1) AS state
FROM clients_split

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