# Right
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`right` returns the rightmost characters from a string, including spaces. You specify the number of characters to be returned.

## Syntax
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```
right(expression, limit)
```

## Arguments
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 *expression*   
The expression must be a string. It can be the name of a field that uses the string data type, a literal value like **'12 Main Street'**, or a call to another function that outputs a string.

 *limit*   
The number of characters to be returned from *expression*, starting from the last character in the string.

## Return type
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String

## Example
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The following example returns the last five characters from a string.

```
right('Seattle Store#14', 12)
```

The following value is returned.

```
tle Store#14
```