MID

See Also

Also applies to:

MIDB

MID returns a specific number of characters from a text string, starting at the position you specify, based on the number of characters you specify.

MIDB returns a specific number of characters from a text string, starting at the position you specify, based on the number of bytes you specify. This function is for use with double-byte characters.

Syntax

MID(text,start_num,num_chars)

MIDB(text,start_num,num_bytes)

Text    is the text string containing the characters you want to extract.

Start_num    is the position of the first character you want to extract in text. The first character in text has start_num 1, and so on.

Num_chars    specifies the number of characters you want MID to return from text.

Num_bytes    specifies the number of characters you want MIDB to return from text, in bytes.

Remarks

• If start_num is greater than the length of text, MID returns "" (empty text).
• If start_num is less than the length of text, but start_num plus num_chars exceeds the length of text, MID returns the characters up to the end of text.
• If start_num is less than 1, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.

• If num_chars is negative, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.

• If num_bytes is negative, MIDB returns the #VALUE! error value.

Example (MID)

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

How?

Example (MIDB)

=MIDB(" ",1,6) equals ""