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RIGHTB

Extracts a substring from a string starting from the right-most character, based on the specified number of characters and is intended for languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS) like Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc.

Syntax

expression.RIGHTB(arg1, arg2);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiWorksheetFunction class.

Parameters

NameRequired/OptionalData typeDefaultDescription
arg1RequiredApiRange | ApiName | stringThe text string that contains the characters to extract.
arg2OptionalApiRange | ApiName | numberA number of the substring characters, based on bytes.

Returns

string

Example

This example shows how to extract a substring from a string starting from the right-most character, based on the specified number of characters and is intended for languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS) like Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc.

// How to get characters from the end of a string for languages that use the double-byte character set.

// Use a function to return n characters from the right part of a text.

let worksheet = Api.GetActiveSheet();
let func = Api.GetWorksheetFunction();
worksheet.GetRange("A1").SetValue(func.RIGHTB("Online Office", 2));