Right
Returns the rightmost substring of a string
Declare Function Right ( ByRef str As Const String, ByVal n As Integer ) As String
Declare Function Right ( ByRef str As Const WString, ByVal n As Integer ) As WString
result = Right[$]( str, n )
str
Returns the rightmost substring from str.
Returns the rightmost n characters starting from the right (end) of str. If str is empty, then the null string ("") is returned. If n <= 0 then the null string ("") is returned. If n > len(str) then the entire source string is returned.
will produce the output:
Syntax
Declare Function Right ( ByRef str As Const String, ByVal n As Integer ) As String
Declare Function Right ( ByRef str As Const WString, ByVal n As Integer ) As WString
Usage
result = Right[$]( str, n )
Parameters
str
The source string.
nThe substring length, in characters.
Return Value
Returns the rightmost substring from str.
Description
Returns the rightmost n characters starting from the right (end) of str. If str is empty, then the null string ("") is returned. If n <= 0 then the null string ("") is returned. If n > len(str) then the entire source string is returned.
Example
Dim text As String = "hello world"
Print Right(text, 5)
Print Right(text, 5)
will produce the output:
worldAn Unicode example:
| dim text as wstring*20 text = "Привет, мир!" print right(text, 5) 'displays " мир!" |
Platform Differences
- DOS does not support the wide-character string version of Right.
Dialect Differences
- The string type suffix "$" is obligatory in the -lang qb dialect.
- The string type suffix "$" is optional in the -lang fblite and -lang fb dialects.
Differences from QB
- QB does not support Unicode.
See also