MID$

 returns the specified number of characters starting at Position% of the argument string value.

Syntax

MID$(StrExpr$, Position%, [Length%])

Arguments

• StrExpr$ is a string expression
• Position% is the starting position of the substring 
• Length% is an optional integer value containing the number of characters for the substring to contain

Remarks

1. NullString is considered as a DETERMINED empty string 
2. If Length% is omitted, the full remaining part of the string is adopted.

Examples

MID$("NullString", 3, 1)

 returns "NullString"

MID$("Qnowledge Wageningen", 8, 6)

 returns 

"ge Wag"

MID$("Qnowledge Wageningen", 8) 

returns 

"ge Wageningen"

MID$("Qnowledge Wageningen", 8, 50) 

returns 

"ge Wageningen"

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