Mid$ Function

Returns a substring of a string starting from a specified position.

Syntax
Mid$(string, position [, count])

Parameters

string

Specify the source string.

position

Specifies the starting position to extract the string.

count

Optional. The number of characters to copy from string starting with the character defined by position. If omitted, then all characters from position to the end of the string are returned.

Return Values
Returns a substring of characters from string.

Description
Mid$ returns a substring of as many as count characters starting with the position character in string.

See Also
Asc, Chr$, InStr, Left$, Len, Right$, Space$, Str$, Val

Mid$ Function Example
The example shown below shows a program that extracts the middle 2 characters from the string “ABCDEFGHIJ” and the remainder of the string starting at position 5.

Function midtest
    String basestr$, m1$, m2$
    basestr$ = "ABCDEFGHIJ"
    m1$ = Mid$(basestr$, (Len(basestr$) / 2), 2)
    Print "The middle 2 characters are: ", m1$
    m2$ = Mid$(basestr$, 5)
    Print "The string starting at 5 is: ", m2$
Fend