RIGHT

Returns a set number of characters from the end of a text value.

Syntax

RIGHT(text, [num_chars])

Text Functions.

A worked example

=RIGHT(A2,4)

Returns Bell

Takes the last four characters of Marcus Bell — which only works because that surname happens to be four letters long.

Where it goes wrong

Like LEFT, a fixed count only works when every value is the same shape. Pair it with LEN and FIND for variable-length text.