{"id":1137,"date":"2019-02-16T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T09:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/?page_id=1137"},"modified":"2020-07-11T03:38:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:38:19","slug":"sql-server-right-function","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-string-functions\/sql-server-right-function\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server RIGHT Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to use the SQL Server <code>RIGHT()<\/code> function to extract a number of character from the right side of a given character string.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-server-right-function-overview'>SQL Server RIGHT() function overview <a href=\"#sql-server-right-function-overview\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-server-right-function-overview\" title=\"Anchor for SQL Server &lt;code&gt;RIGHT()&lt;\/code&gt; function overview\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>RIGHT()<\/code> function extracts a given number of characters from the right side of a specified character string. For example, <code>RIGHT('SQL Server', 6)<\/code> returns <code>Server<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The syntax of the <code>RIGHT()<\/code> function is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">RIGHT ( input_string , number_of_characters )  \n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <code>input_string<\/code> can be a literal string, variable, or column. The result of the <code>input_string<\/code> can be in any data type, except for <code>TEXT<\/code> or <code>NTEXT<\/code>,&nbsp;that is implicitly converted to <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-varchar\/\">VARCHAR<\/a><\/code> or <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-nvarchar\/\">NVARCHAR<\/a><\/code>.<\/li><li>The <code>number_of_characters<\/code> is a positive integer that specifies the number of characters of the <code>input_string<\/code> will be returned.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that&nbsp;the <code>RIGHT()<\/code> function returns a value of <code>VARCHAR<\/code> when the <code>input_string<\/code> is a non-Unicode character data type or <code>NVARCHAR<\/code> if the <code>input_string<\/code> is a Unicode character data type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-server-right-function-examples'>SQL Server RIGHT() function examples <a href=\"#sql-server-right-function-examples\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-server-right-function-examples\" title=\"Anchor for SQL Server &lt;code&gt;RIGHT()&lt;\/code&gt; function examples\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following statement uses <code>RIGHT()<\/code> to return the three rightmost characters of the character string <code>SQL Server<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">RIGHT<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'SQL Server'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">6<\/span>) Result_string;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Here is the output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\">Result_string\n-------------\nServer\n\n(1 row affected)<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following example returns the four rightmost characters of each product name in the <code>production.products<\/code> table from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-sample-database\/\">sample database<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \n    product_name,\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">RIGHT<\/span>(product_name, <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>) last_4_characters\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> \n    production.products\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ORDER<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">BY<\/span> \n    product_name;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Here is the partial output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/SQL-Server-RIGHT-Function-Example.png\" alt=\"SQL Server RIGHT Function Example\" class=\"wp-image-1138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/SQL-Server-RIGHT-Function-Example.png 360w, 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