Mid

Use the Mid function to return a specified number of characters from as string.

Syntax

Mid(string, start[, length])


Argument	Description
`string`	String expression from which characters are returned. If `string` contains Null, then 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, then `Mid` returns a zero-length string ("").
`length`	Number of characters to return. If omitted, or total number of characters are fewer than `length`, then all characters from the start to the end position are returned.

To determine the number of characters in a string, use the Len function.

Examples

```
Dim MyVar 
MyVar = Mid("VB Script is fun!", 4, 6) 
```
This example returns a string that is six characters long and starts with the fourth character in the string: MyVar = "Script"
Mid("This is the middle of this sentence",9,10)
This example returns "the middle":