RIGHT

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RIGHT

RIGHT returns the last characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify.

Syntax

RIGHT(text,num_chars)

Text    is the text string containing the characters you want to extract.

Num_chars    specifies the number of characters you want RIGHT to extract.

Remarks

  • Num_chars must be greater than or equal to zero.
  • If num_chars is greater than the length of text, RIGHT returns all of text.
  • If num_chars is omitted, it is assumed to be 1.

Example

Formula Description (Result)
=RIGHT("Sale Price",5) Last 5 characters of the string (Price)
=RIGHT("Stock Number") Last character of the string (r)