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In MySQL, you may try:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-42021907-1">set @ExternalFeeOrCreditAmount = '1.03 USD varchar(255)';

select SUBSTRING_INDEX( @ExternalFeeOrCreditAmount, ' ', 1 ) as ExternalFeeOrCreditAmount;</code></pre>
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In MySQL, you may try:


set @ExternalFeeOrCreditAmount = '1.03 USD varchar(255)';

select SUBSTRING_INDEX( @ExternalFeeOrCreditAmount, ' ', 1 ) as ExternalFeeOrCreditAmount;

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My output for ExternalFeeOrCreditAmount is: <b>&quot;1.03 USD varchar(255)&quot;</b><br />
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I am trying to change my output to just <b>&quot;1.03&quot; </b>so I can perform arithmetic on a numerical value and not a varchar.
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My output for ExternalFeeOrCreditAmount is: "1.03 USD varchar(255)"

I am trying to change my output to just "1.03" so I can perform arithmetic on a numerical value and not a varchar.

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