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Asked: 2026-05-27T05:41:07+00:00

How can I select the first letter of each word in MySQL using a

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How can I select the first letter of each word in MySQL using a query?

So this table

+----+----------------------------+
| id | str                        |
+----+----------------------------+
|  1 | Hello my name is MCEmperor |
|  2 | How are you doing?         |
+----+----------------------------+

would return

+----+----------------------------+
| id | str                        |
+----+----------------------------+
|  1 | HmniM                      |
|  2 | Hayd                       |
+----+----------------------------+

I guess it’s something with SUBSTRING and LOCATE and maybe I need a loop (to find all spaces or something)…

Is it possible within a query? How should I do that?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Maybe you could simply split by space? Use this stored proc : http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?60,78776,148332#msg-148332

    You can then retrieve the first letters of each word and use GROUP_CONCAT in a GROUP BY Id to put the letters back into one line per initial text.

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