MID
Syntax:
MID ( string , start-pos , number-chars )
Description: Extracts number-chars characters from string, starting at character position start-pos. (MID is intended for use with languages that use the single-byte character set (SBCS), whereas MIDB (§3.17.7.209) is intended for use with languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS).)
Arguments:
Name |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
string |
text |
Designate the string from which a substring is to be extracted. |
number-chars |
number |
The number of characters to be extracted. number-chars shall be at least 0. |
start-pos |
number |
The starting position within string, where the first character is position 1. If start-pos is greater than the length of string, or if start-pos and number-chars combined exceeds the length of string, the whole of string shall be extracted. |
Return Type and Value: text – A string containing number-chars characters from string, starting at character position start-pos.
However, if
start-pos < 0,
#VALUE!is returned.number-chars < 0,
#VALUE!is returned.