How to right-align any line or word in a paragraph in any documentclass?

Question

I have done some search for margin alignment in Latex but cannot find how can I right-align any single line?

For example, in a letter sometimes we put a Sincerely on the right. But without using specific documentclass, how can I align any single line in a paragraph to the right in any documentclass?

Many thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Like this?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\begin{document}
\kant[1]

\hspace*{\fill} Yours sincerely

This is some more text

\null\hfill Yours sincerely

Again some dummy text

\hspace*{0pt}\hfill Yours sincerely

And again Phew

\mbox{}\hfill Yours sincerely
\end{document}

Answer 2

For a short line (With lenght less than \linewidth) you can use \rightline{word or phrase}.

If you want to align a paragraph at right put it in a flushright environment. This way allows line breaks with \\.

\begin{flushright}
Text\\
aligned to\\
the right.
\end{flushright}

Answer 3

The simpler solution to right align a line is this:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

Here comes some text.
Have a nice day.

\rightline{Yours sincerely}

\end{document}

Answer 4

This will work if the right-aligned content is considered a separate paragraph (i.e., it will have \parskip separation). Note that it will have less vertical separation than a flushright environment.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[4]
{\raggedleft Sincerely,\par}
\lipsum[4]
\end{document}