Hi Elizabeth,
the right$() function should do the trick:
right$(<column>,1) will give the last character and right$(<column>,4), the
last four characters. If the column is numeric, then it'd probably work
using right$(str$(<column>),n).
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David Booth
Senior GIS Officer
Merseyside Information Service
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liddell, Elizabeth [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 06 February 2001 14:24
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: MI-L Labels
>
> Hi all
>
> I need to automatically label a whole lot of polygons. The column which is
> being used contains a string of 8 numbers. I only want to label using the
> last digit or the last 4 digits. Is it possible to do this using the
> expression, under the layer control?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
>
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