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<h1 id="hd_id3143268"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120306.xhp">Mid Function</link></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3148473" role="paragraph">Returns the specified portion of a string expression (<emph>Mid function</emph>), or replaces the portion of a string expression with another string (<emph>Mid subroutine</emph>).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3147530" role="bascode">Mid(string As String, Start As Long [, Length As Long]) As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147540" role="bascode">Mid([ByRef] string As String, Start As Long, [Length As Long], Text As String)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3148664" role="paragraph"> <emph>string:</emph> Any string expression that you want to extract (<emph>Mid function</emph>). Any text variable name that you want to modify (<emph>Mid subroutine</emph>).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150359" role="paragraph"> <emph>Start: </emph>Numeric expression that indicates the character position within the string where the string portion that you want to replace or to return begins. The minimum allowed value is 1. The maximum allowed value is 2,147,483,648.<comment>see i17928</comment></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148451" role="paragraph"> <emph>Length:</emph> Numeric expression that returns the number of characters that you want to replace or return. The maximum allowed value is 2,147,483,648.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3125864" role="paragraph">If the Length parameter in the <emph>Mid function</emph> is omitted, all characters in the string expression from the start position to the end of the string are returned.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3144762" role="paragraph">If the Length parameter in the <emph>Mid subroutine</emph> is less than the length of the text that you want to replace, the text is reduced to the specified length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150769" role="paragraph"> <emph>Text:</emph> The string to replace the string expression (<emph>Mid subroutine</emph>).</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id611731518138752" localize="false">Sub ExampleMid_Function_and_Statement</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id271731518141155" localize="false"> text = "This is the original Text"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id251731518141762">func1:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id81731518142155"> MsgBox Mid(text, 13, 8) ' returns the word "original"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id71731518142368"> MsgBox text ' text is not modified</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id91731518142552">stmt1:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id211731518272913" localize="false"> Mid(text, 13, 8, "new")</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id51731518274333"> MsgBox text ' returns "This is the new Text"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id651731518274713">func2:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id461725547890578"> MsgBox Mid(start:=10, string:="The quick brown fox ..") ' shows " brown fox .."</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id291731517149800">stmt2:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id421731517151668" localize="false"> Mid text, 9, 12, "a new Phrase"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id31731517580882"> MsgBox text ' returns "This is a new Phrase"</paragraph>
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