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1. COLUMN$(Document$, StartPos%, Length%)
2. COLUMN$(ColNo%ColNo%, Document$, Delimiter$)

Arguments

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• Document$ is a document (a StrExp)
• StartPos is an integer number  number for the startposition of the column (a NumExp)
• Length% is the integer number of positions in the column (a NumExp);

Method 2

• ColNo% is the integer number of the column (a NumExp), in Document$ with Delimiter$ (both StrExp);

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• Method 1 removes all characters from a document left of StartPos and  and maintains the number of charachters per line corresponding with Length, if available.
• Method 2 returns a column indicated with ColNo from a table in a document of which the elements are delimited by a (group of) character(s).
• When using method 2, lines which do not include the delimiter are not parsed nor included in the output of this function.
• When a space is present as delimiter in the document, you should use the SPACE function instead of putting a space or " " in the syntax.

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