Mid

Returns a specified number of characters from a string.

Syntax

«value» Mid («String Expression», «Numeric Expression»[, «Numeric Expression»)

This table describes the parameters:

Parameters Description
string Required; String expression from which characters are returned.
start Required; Long. 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 Optional; Variant(Long). 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.