/* This code is an implementation of "Determination if a string has all the same characters" in SQL ORACLE 19c p_in_str -- input string */ with function same_characters_in_string(p_in_str in varchar2) return varchar2 is v_que varchar2(32767) := p_in_str; v_res varchar2(32767); v_first varchar2(1); v_next varchar2(1); begin v_first := substr(v_que,1,1); if v_first is null then v_res := '"" length:0 all characters are the same'; else for i in 2..length(v_que) loop v_next := substr(v_que,i,1); if v_first != v_next then v_res := '"'||v_que||'" length:'||length(v_que)||', first different character "'||v_next||'"(0x'||rawtohex(utl_raw.cast_to_raw(v_next))||') at position:'|| i; exit; end if; end loop; v_res := nvl(v_res,'"'||v_que||'" length:'||length(v_que)||' all characters are the same'); end if; return v_res; end; --Test select same_characters_in_string('') as res from dual union all select same_characters_in_string(' ') as res from dual union all select same_characters_in_string('2') as res from dual union all select same_characters_in_string('333') as res from dual union all select same_characters_in_string('.55') as res from dual union all select same_characters_in_string('tttTTT') as res from dual union all select same_characters_in_string('4444 444k') as res from dual ;