RIGHT Function

Right aligns a character expression

Category: Character

Syntax

RIGHT ( argument )

Arguments

argument

• specifies any SAS character expression.

Details

If the RIGHT function returns a value to a variable that has not yet been assigned a length, by default the variable length is determined by the length of the first argument.

The RIGHT function returns an argument with trailing blanks moved to the start of the value. The argument's length does not change.

Examples

SAS Statements	Results
	----+----1----+
a='Due Date '; b=right(a); put a .; put b .;	Due Date Due Date

See Also

Functions:

• 'COMPRESS Function' on page 458

• 'LEFT Function' on page 626

• 'TRIM Function' on page 862