Right Function

Right Function

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Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings

Syntax

 Right(   string, length   ) 

string (required; String)

The string to be processed

length (required; Integer)

The number of characters to return from the right of the string

Return Value

String

Description

Returns a string containing the rightmost length characters of string

Rules at a Glance

• If length is 0, a zero-length string ("") is returned.

• If length is greater than the length of string , string is returned.

• If length is less than zero or is Nothing , an error is generated.

• If string contains a Nothing , Right returns Nothing .

Example

The following function assumes that it is passed either a filename or a complete path and filename, and it returns the filename from the end of the string:

 Private Function ParseFileName(strFullPath As String) As String    Dim intPos, intStart As Integer    Dim strFilename As String    intStart = 1    Do       intPos = InStr(intStart, strFullPath, "\")       If intPos = 0 Then                strFilename = Right(strFullPath, _               Len(strFullPath) - inStart + 1)         Else          intStart = intPos + 1       End If    Loop While intPos > 0    ParseFileName = strFilename End Function 

Programming Tips and Gotchas

Use the Len function to determine the total length of string .

See Also

Left Function, Mid Function