Using T-SQL, return nth delimited element from a string

Question

I have a need to create a function the will return nth element of a delimited string.

For a data migration project, I am converting JSON audit records stored in a S

Answer 1

How about:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.NTH_ELEMENT (@Input NVARCHAR(MAX), @Delim CHAR = '-', @N INT = 0)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(MAX)
AS
BEGIN
RETURN (SELECT VALUE FROM STRING_SPLIT(@Input, @Delim) ORDER BY (SELECT NULL) OFFSET @N ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROW ONLY)
END