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**RIGHT(**//string //[,//length//]**)**

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| **RIGHT** | Right justifies a string. |
| //string// | A string constant, variable, or expression. |
| //length// | A numeric constant, variable, or expression for the length of the return string. If omitted, the //length// is set to the length of the //string//. |

The **RIGHT** procedure returns a right justified string. Trailing spaces are removed, then the string is right justified and returned with leading spaces.

**Return Data Type:     **STRING

**Examples:**

| **!******************** |
| ** ****RIGHT****('ABC  ') returns '  ABC'** |
| **!******************** |
| **Message = ****RIGHT****(Message)    !Right justify the message** |
| **!******************** |
| **IF FILEDIALOG('Pick file',FileName)** |
| **   CASE UPPER(****RIGHT****(FileName,4))** |
| **   OF '.TPS' ; DO TPS_File** |
| **   OF '.DBF' ; DO DBase_File** |
| **   OF '.CSV' ; DO Text_File** |
| **   ELSE** |
| **      MESSAGE('Unknown file type ' & ****RIGHT****(FileName,4))** |
| **   END** |
| **END** |
| **!******************** |
| **   MESSAGE('Confirm Credit Card Numbers Ends with ' & ****RIGHT****(CardNo,4))** |

**See Also:**

[[left  return left justified string .htm|LEFT]]

[[center  return centered string .htm|CENTER]]

[[sub  return substring of string .htm|SUB]]