Right() 1

[Michael42]

Hello again awk fans,

In a string that is say 10 characters in length, how can I retrieve the right 3 most characters?

I am trying to emulate a right(string,n) function found in many languages.





Thanks,

Michael42

 

[PHV]

A starting point:
echo "1234567890\nabcdefghij" | awk '{print substr($0,1+length($0)-3)}'

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[Michael42]

PHV,

Once again - that was perfect. I was close but being new to awk I did not quite have the syntax correct.

Thanks again for posting,

Michael42

Thanks,

Michael42