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<h1 id="hd_id3143268"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120306.xhp">Mid Function, Mid Statement</link></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3148473" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">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 statement</emph>).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3147530" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Mid (Text As String, Start As Long [, Length As Long]) </paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3148664" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that you want to modify.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150359" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <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" xml-lang="en-US"> <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" xml-lang="en-US">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" xml-lang="en-US">If the Length parameter in the <emph>Mid statement</emph> is less than the length of the text that you want to replace, the text is reduced to the specified length.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341562032" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> original_text = "This is the original Text"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341557792" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">' Mid as function </paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341556544" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> msgbox Mid( original_text , 13, 8) ' returns the word original</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341553792" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">' Mid as statement </paragraph>
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