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RIGHT ( string [ , number-chars ] )
Description: Extracts the right-most number-chars characters from string. (RIGHT is intended for use with languages that use the single-byte character set (SBCS), whereas RIGHTB (§3.17.7.273) is intended for use with languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS).)
Arguments:
|
Name |
Type |
Description |
|
string |
Designate the string from which a substring is to be extracted. | |
|
number-chars |
number |
The number of characters to be extracted. If omitted, a count of 1 shall be assumed. number-chars shall be at least 0. If number-chars exceeds the length of string, the whole of string shall be extracted. |
Return Type and Value: text – A string containing the right-most number-chars characters from string.
However, if number-chars < 0, #VALUE! is returned.
[Example:
RIGHT("abcdef",2) results in ef
RIGHT(A10,4) results in z123, when A10 contains xyz123
end example]