RIGHT

The RIGHT function returns a sub-string composed of the last n characters of a specified string.

COMMAND SYNTAX

RIGHT(expression, length)

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

expression evaluates to the string from which the sub string is extracted.
length is the number of characters that are extracted. If length is less than 1, RIGHT() returns null.

NOTES

The RIGHT() function is equivalent to sub-string extraction for the last n characters, i.e. expression[n]

See also LEFT().

EXAMPLE

S = "The world is my lobster"
CRT DQUOTE(RIGHT(S,7))
CRT DQUOTE(RIGHT(S,99))
CRT DQUOTE(RIGHT(S,0))

This code displays:

"lobster"
"The world is my lobster"
""

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