Order by last 3 chars

Question

I have a table like:

id  name
--------
1   clark_009
2   clark_012
3   johny_002
4   johny_010

I need to get results in this order:

Answer 1

You can use MySQL SUBSTRING() function to sort by substring

Syntax : SUBSTRING(string,position,length)

Example : Sort by last 3 characters of a String

SELECT * FROM TableName ORDER BY SUBSTRING(FieldName, -3);
#OR
SELECT * FROM TableName ORDER BY SUBSTRING(FieldName, -3,3);

Example : Sort by first 3 characters of a String

SELECT * FROM TableName ORDER BY SUBSTRING(FieldName, 1,3);

Note : Positive Position/Index start from Left to Right and Negative Position/Index start from Right to Left of the String.

Here is the details about SUBSTRING() function.