RIGHT returns the last character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify.

Syntax

RIGHT(text,[numberOfCharacters])

The RIGHT and RIGHTB functions have the following arguments:

  • Text (Required) The text string containing the characters you want to extract.
  • numberOfCharacters (Optional) Specifies the number of characters you want RIGHT to extract.
    • numberOfCharacters must be greater than or equal to zero.
    • If numberOfCharacters is greater than the length of text, RIGHT returns all of text.
    • If numberOfCharacters is omitted, it is assumed to be 1.

Example

Field 1: ="Sale Price"
Field 2: ="Stock Number"

FormulaDescriptionResult
=RIGHT([Field 1],5)Last 5 characters of Field 1Price
=RIGHT([Field 2])Last character of Field 2r