MySQL RIGHT() Function

Extract 4 characters from a string (starting from right):

SELECT RIGHT("SQL Tutorial is cool", 4) AS ExtractString;

Definition and Usage

The RIGHT() function extracts a number of characters from a string (starting from right).

Tip: Also look at the LEFT() function.

RIGHT(string, number_of_chars)

Parameter	Description
string	Required. The string to extract from
number_of_chars	Required. The number of characters to extract. If this parameter is larger than the number of characters in string, this function will return string

Works in:	From MySQL 4.0

Extract 5 characters from the text in the "CustomerName" column (starting from right):

SELECT RIGHT(CustomerName, 5) AS ExtractString
FROM Customers;