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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <html><head><title>Right Function [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03120307"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css">
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  4.         p.P1{
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  6.         span.T1{
  7.                 font-weight:bold;}
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  11.   <help:to-be-embedded Eid="right" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">
  12.   <p class="Head1"><help:link Id="66594">Right Function [Runtime]</help:link></p>
  13.   <p class="Paragraph">Returns the rightmost "n" characters of a string expression.</p>
  14.   </help:to-be-embedded>
  15.   <p class="Paragraph">See also: <help:link Id="66381" Eid="left" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Left Function</help:link>.</p>
  16.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Syntax</span>:</p>
  17.   <p class="Paragraph">Right (Text As String, n As Integer) <help:key-word value="Right" tag="kw66594_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
  18.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Return value</span>:</p>
  19.   <p class="Paragraph">String</p>
  20.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Parameter</span>:</p>
  21.   <p class="Paragraph">Text: Any string expression from which to return the rightmost characters.</p>
  22.   <p class="Paragraph">n: Integer expression that defines the number of characters to be returned. If <span class="T1">n</span> = 0 a zero-length string is returned.</p>
  23.   <p class="Paragraph">The following example converts the given date in the format (YYYY-MM-DD) to the US date format (MM/DD/YYYY).</p>
  24.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Example:</span></p>
  25.   <p class="PropText">Sub ExampleUSDate</p>
  26.   <p class="PropText">Dim sInput As String</p>
  27.   <p class="PropText">Dim sUS_date As String</p>
  28.   <p class="PropText">sInput = InputBox("Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'")</p>
  29.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2)</p>
  30.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</p>
  31.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = sUS_date & Right(sInput, 2)</p>
  32.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</p>
  33.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = sUS_date & Left(sInput, 4)</p>
  34.   <p class="PropText">MsgBox sUS_date</p>
  35.   <p class="PropText">End Sub</p>
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