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NDL++ Functions:
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String Function Syntax and Examples


RIGHT( )

The RIGHT() function returns a specified number of characters from the right side of a string.

Syntax:

RIGHT(string,length)

where:

length specifies the number of characters to return. If a negative integer is specified, all rows will be rejected. If length is greater than the length of string, the entire string is returned.


Example:

input: samplestring

IMPORT @sample.dat
{

RECORD
{
field1 *\r\n
}
schema1.table1
{
col1 RIGHT(field1,4)
col2 RIGHT(field1,6)
col3 RIGHT(field1,30)
}

}


Results:

schema1.table1.col1 ring
schema1.table1.col2 string
schema1.table1.col3 samplestring

 

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