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The RIGHT/RIGHTB function is one of the text and data functions. Is used to extract a substring from a string starting from the right-most character, based on the specified number of characters. The RIGHT function is intended for languages that use the single-byte character set (SBCS), while RIGHTB - for languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS) like Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc.

The RIGHT/RIGHTB function syntax is:

RIGHT(string [, number-chars])

RIGHTB(string [, number-chars])


string is a string you need to extract the substring from,

number-chars is a number of the substring characters. It is an optional argument. If it is omitted, the funcion will assume it to be 1.


To apply the RIGHT/RIGHTB function,

    or click the Function icon icon situated at the formula bar,
  4. click the RIGHT/RIGHTB function,
  5. enter the required arguments separating them by comma,
  6. press the Enter button.

The result will be displayed in the selected cell.

RIGHT Function

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