RIGHT                                                                    Function

RIGHT(string, length)

RIGHTB(string, length)

Description

RIGHT returns a string containing a number of characters from the right end of a string. The required parameter, string, is any valid string expression. The required parameter, length, is any valid numeric expression, if length is 0, an empty string ("") is returned, if length is greater than the size of string, the entire string is returned.

RIGHTB is a strict bytewise version of RIGHT. When used on the Unicode strings of Windows CE devices, it will return any partial character as a normal character.

Example

REM RIGHT Example

'RIGHT returnssubstringfromstringrightend

DIM Wendy, Eric

Wendy = "Testaburger"

Eric = "Cartman"

PRINT "The RIGHT 6 of " & Wendy & ":", _

  RIGHT(Wendy, 6)

PRINT "The RIGHT 4 of " & Eric & ":", _

  RIGHT(Eric, 4)

Output

The RIGHT 6 of Testaburger:burger

The RIGHT 4 of Cartman:    tman

Related Items

LEFT, MID