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RIGHT(string [,length])

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

CENTER

SUB