# String operations in query

**URL:** <https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/string-operations-in-query/16195>\
**Category:** Dgraph\
**Tags:** kind:question, dgraphnet\
**Created:** [November 30, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/string-operations-in-query/16195 "2021-11-30T10:40:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![iluminae](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/iluminae/32/7367_2.png) [@iluminae](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/iluminae)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/string-operations-in-query/16195/2 "2021-11-30T14:29:52Z")

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No way to do this now in pure DQL, yes it is on the roadmap, no I do not think it will be done any time soon based on recent feature velocity. (note: I am not a dgraph employee, so maybe they would have more insight)

See roadmap here:

> **[Dgraph Product Roadmap 2021](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/dgraph-product-roadmap-2021/12284)**
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> Features Enterprise Features Multi Tenancy \[Dgraph 21.03\] (2021-Q1) Change Data Capture (with Kafka) \[Dgraph 21.03\] (2021-Q1) Audit logs \[Dgraph 21.03\] (2021-Q1) Learner Nodes \[Dgraph 21.03\] (2021-Q1) ACL integration with AD ACL...

> - String transformation functions

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