How to split a comma-separated value to columns

Question

I have a table like this

Value   String
-------------------
1       Cleo, Smith

I want to separate the comma delimited string into two colu

Answer 1

DECLARE @INPUT VARCHAR (MAX)='N,A,R,E,N,D,R,A'
DECLARE @ELIMINATE_CHAR CHAR (1)=','
DECLARE @L_START INT=1
DECLARE @L_END INT=(SELECT LEN (@INPUT))
DECLARE @OUTPUT CHAR (1)

WHILE @L_START <=@L_END
BEGIN
    SET @OUTPUT=(SUBSTRING (@INPUT,@L_START,1))
    IF @OUTPUT!=@ELIMINATE_CHAR
    BEGIN
        PRINT @OUTPUT
    END
    SET @L_START=@L_START+1
END