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Which SELECT statement will the result 'elloworld' from the string 'HelloWorld'? A. SELECT SUBSTR( 'HelloWorld',1) FROM dual; B. SELECT INITCAP(TRIM ('HelloWorld', 1,1)) FROM dual; C. SELECT LOWER(SUBSTR('HellowWorld', 1, 1) FROM dual; D. SELECT LOWER(SUBSTR('HelloWorld', 2, 1) FROM dual; E. SELECT LOWER(TRIM ('H' FROM 'HelloWorld')) FROM dual; Answer: E Explanation: TRIM function accept a string describing the data you would like to trim from a column value. It can trim from both side of column value i.e. left and right. In the following statement this functionwill trim as SELECT LOWER(TRIM ('+' FROM 'HelloWorld')) FROM dual; From the above statement trim function will remove the character 'H' from 'HelloWorld' and LOWER function will convert the remaining character to lower case.