RIGHT function

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​​​​Description

Extracts a given number of characters from a Text, starting from the last character to the first.

Syntax

RIGHT(Text to Extract, Number of Characters)

Arguments

Argument

Type

Dimensions

Description

Text to Extract

(required)

Text

Any Dimensions

Text to extract characters from.

Number of Characters

(required)

Integer

No Dimension or Dimensions of Text to Extract

Number of characters to extract from the end of the text.

Returns

Type

Dimensions

Text

Dimensions of Text to Extract

Extracted characters from Text to Extract.

BLANK if Number of Characters is a negative integer.

Examples

Formula

Result

Description

RIGHT(“abc”, 5)

“abc”

All characters are extracted from “abc”.

RIGHT(“abcd”, 2)

“cd”

Only the last two characters are extracted from “abcd”.

RIGHT(“a”, -1)

BLANK

The Number of Characters, -1, is invalid.

See also

Excel: RIGHT

Related articles: LEFT, MID

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