Mid

Returns a specified number of characters from a string.

Structure

Mid(string, start[, length])

Parameters

string - String expression from which characters are returned. If string contains Null, Null is returned.

start - Character position in string at which the part to be taken begins. If start is greater than the number of characters in string, Mid returns a zero-length string ('').

length - Number of characters to return. If omitted or if there are fewer than length characters in the text (including the character at start), all characters from the start position to the end of the string are returned.

Description

To determine the number of characters in string, use the Len function.

Example

The following example uses the Mid function to return six characters, beginning with the fourth character, in a string:

Dim MyVar

MyVar = Mid("VBScript is fun!", 3, 6) ' MyVar contains 'Script'. |