Right
 
Returns the rightmost substring of a string

Syntax

Declare Function Right Overload ( 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.
n
The 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)

will produce the output:

world
An Unicode example:
 
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

dim text as wstring*20
text = "Привет, мир!"
print right(text, 5) 'displays " мир!"