Chapter 15 Functions
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RIGHT$ (Function) [Conforms to SLIM]
Function
Extracts the right part of a character string.
Format
RIGHT$ (<Character string >, <Number of digits>)
Explanation
This statement extracts a character string from the right side of <Character
string > for <Number of digits>.
If the character string includes a NULL value, the NULL value is returned.
If a value longer than the character string is designated in <Number of digits>,
the whole character string is returned.
Note: <Number of digits> is handled as byte counts.
Related Terms
LEN, MID$, LEFT$
Example
DIM li1 As Integer
DEFSTR ls1, ls2
ls1 = RIGHT$( “abcdefg”, 3 )
'Assigns the character string “efg” for 3 characters
'from the right in “abcdefg” to ls1.
ls2 = RIGHT$( ls1, li1 ) 'Assigns a character string for the number of
'characters from the right of the value ls1 to ls2.
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