Mid

This function retains a specified number of characters from a string and removes the remaining characters.

Syntax

Mid(string, start, [length])

Parameters

string

String expression from which characters are returned. If string contains Null, Null is returned.

start

Character position in string at which the part to be taken begins. If start is greater than the number of characters in string, Mid returns a zero-length string ("").

length

Number of characters to return. If omitted or if there are fewer than length characters in the text, including the character at start, all characters from the start position to the end of the string are returned.

Return Values

Returns a string.

Remarks

The MidB function is used with byte data contained in a string. Instead of specifying the number of characters, the parameters specify numbers of bytes.

Use the Len function to determine the number of characters in string.