How to Use RIGHT in Google Sheets in 2020?

RIGHTReturns a substring from the end of a specified string.

Sample Usage

RIGHT(A2,2)

RIGHT(“lorem ipsum”)

Syntax

RIGHT(string, [number_of_characters])

string – The string from which the right portion will be returned.

number_of_characters – [ OPTIONAL – 1 by default ] – The number of characters to return from the right side of string.

Notes

0 is a valid input for number_of_characters and will cause RIGHT to return the empty string.

See Also

SUBSTITUTE: Replaces existing text with new text in a string.

SPLIT: Divides text around a specified character or string, and puts each fragment into a separate cell in the row.

MID: Returns a segment of a string.

LEFT: Returns a substring from the beginning of a specified string.

Examples