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Functions / String Functions And Operators

right

Read the PG 18 manual

Returns last n characters in the string, or when n is negative, returns all but first |n| characters.

Reading PG 18current·documented in 17 of 27 versions, 9.1 to 20

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Signatures & examples

right ( string text, n integer ) → text
Returns last n characters in the string, or when n is negative, returns all but first |n| characters.
right('abcde', 2) → de
Version history 2
  1. 12 → 13 changed
  2. 9.0 → 9.1 added

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source