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<h1 id="hd_id3153311"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120307.xhp">Right Function</link></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3150984" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the rightmost "n" characters of a string expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3149763" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">See also: <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120303.xhp">Left Function</link>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153526" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>string</emph>: Any string expression that you want to return the rightmost characters of.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3151211" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>length</emph>: Numeric expression that defines the number of characters that you want to return. If <emph>length</emph> = 0, a zero-length string is returned. The maximum allowed value is 2,147,483,648.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3158410" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The following example converts a date in YYYY-MM-DD format to the US date format (MM/DD/YYYY).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3159252" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> sInput = InputBox("Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341021888" role="bascode" localize="false"> sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341020640" role="bascode" localize="false"> sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341019376" role="bascode" localize="false"> sUS_date = sUS_date & Right(sInput, 2)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341018112" role="bascode" localize="false"> sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341016848" role="bascode" localize="false"> sUS_date = sUS_date & Left(sInput, 4)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341015584" role="bascode" localize="false"> MsgBox sUS_date</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341014352" role="bascode" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph>
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