Explain RIGHT() Function in SQL?

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RIGHT() function in MySQL is used to extract a specified number of characters from the right side of a given string. Second argument is used to decide, how many characters it should return.

Syntax :

RIGHT( str, len )

Parameter : This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below :

  • str : The given string from whose right side a number of characters are to be extracted.
  • len : The number of characters to extract. If this parameter is larger than the number of characters in string, this function will return the actual string.

Returns : It returns a number of characters from a string (starting from right).

Example-1 : Applying RIGHT() Function to a given string.

SELECT RIGHT("geeksforgeeks", 4) AS Right_Str;

Output :

Right_Streeks