Position or Index Function?

Hi,
Is anyone aware of string manipulation to extract data based on finding the position of a particular value.
Example1 : Hello.World.to.work
Example2: Place.Name.Animal.Thing
I want to be able to extract "World" from example1 or "Name" from example2 using the same function either in expression builder or using the calculated field expression of the Architect interface within Oracle BAM.
Substring(string,pos,length)...here I cannot get to the position of the first occurence of "."(dot) within the expression.
Thankyou,

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제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 2004-08-16
FUNCTION-BASED INDEX ( ORACLE 8I NEW FEATURE )
==============================================
SCOPE
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Reference Documents
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Partha:
From the Oracle8i Administrators Guide:
"Table owners should have EXECUTE privileges on the functions used in function-based indexes.
For the creation of a function-based index in your own schema, you must be
granted the CREATE INDEX and QUERY REWRITE system privileges. To create
the index in another schema or on another schemas tables, you must have the
CREATE ANY INDEX and GLOBAL QUERY REWRITE privileges."
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Peter

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Any suggestions as to why this occurs? The additional .01.

Hi !
Check this:
/people/thorsten.nordholmsbirk/blog/2006/04/03/never-ever-use-xis-built-in-arithmetic-functions
how to Convert the STRING TO FLOAT.
Regards,
Matias
ps: please award points if helpful

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