Built-in functions/operators available for manipulating Strings The most useful ones are LENGTH, SUBSTR, INSTR, and ||: LENGTH(str) returns the length of str in characters. SUBSTR(str,m,n) returns a portion of str, beginning at character m, n characters long. If n is omitted, all characters to the end of str will be returned. INSTR(str1,str2,n,m) searches str1 beginning [...]