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Purpose： To retrieve a given number of characters from the right side
of the target string.
Syntax： A$ = RIGHT$(Str$, N%)
Example： Str$ = "ABCDEFGHIJK"
PRINT RIGHT$(Str$,3)
PRINT RIGHT$("168IbB",3)
Description： A$ is a string variable to be assigned to the result.
Str$ may be a string variable, string expression, or string
constant.
N% is a numeric expression.
If N% is larger than the length of Str$, the entire sring is
returned.
If N% is zero, the null string is return.
Purpose： To return a copy of a string with leading blank spaces
stripped away.
Syntax： A$ = TRIM_LEFT$(Str$)
Example： PRINT TRIM_LEFT$(" Happy TEST END")
Description： A$ is a string variable to be assigned to the result.
Str$ is a string variable that may contain some space
character at the beginning.
Purpose： To return a copy of a string with trailing blank spaces
stripped away.
Syntax： A$ = TRIM_RIGHT$(Str$)
Example： PRINT TRIM_RIGHT$("Happy TEST END ")
Description： A$ is a string variable to be assigned to the result.
Str$ is a string variable that may contain some space
characters at the end.
Purpose： To return the decimal value for the ASCII code for the first
character of a given string.
Syntax： A% = ASC(Str$)
Example： A%=ASC("Test...") 'A%=84
Description： A% is an integer variable to be assigned to the result.
Str$ is a string variable, consisting of characters.