Mid Statement

Description

Replaces a specified number of characters in a string variable with characters from another string.

Syntax

Mid(stringvar,start[,length]) =string

The Mid statement syntax has these parts:

Part	Description

stringvar	Name of string variable to modify.
start	Character position in stringvar where the replacement of text begins.
length	Number of characters to replace. If omitted, all of string is used.
string	String expression that replaces part of stringvar.

Remarks

The number of characters replaced is always less than or equal to the number of characters in stringvar.

See Also

Mid Function.

Example

This example uses the Mid statement to replace a specified number of characters in a string variable with characters from another string.

MyString = "The dog jumps"    ' Initialize string.
Mid(MyString, 5, 3) = "fox"    ' MyString = "The fox jumps".
Mid(MyString, 5) = "cow"    ' MyString = "The cow jumps".
Mid(MyString, 5) = "cow jumped over"    ' MyString = "The cow jumpe".
Mid(MyString, 5, 3) = "duck"    ' MyString = "The duc jumps".