Get the last word of a part of a varchar (LEFT/RIGHT)

Question

What is the correct way to get the last word of a part of a varchar?

DECLARE @desc varchar(100)
SET @desc=\'EXCHANGEUNIT P1i / SILVERBLACK/ CYRILLIC\'

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Answer 1

Use a combination of REVERSE, LEFT and CHARINDEX - like so:

DECLARE @desc varchar(100)
SET @desc='EXCHANGEUNIT P1i / SILVERBLACK/ CYRILLIC'
SET @subdesc=RTRIM(LEFT(@desc, CHARINDEX('/', @desc) - 1))


SELECT REVERSE( LEFT( REVERSE(@subdesc), CHARINDEX(' ', REVERSE(@subdesc))-1 ) )