MID(txt, snum, noc)
where,
- is a text string containing the characters to be extracted,
- is the starting position of the first character to be extracted, and
- represents the number of characters to be displayed.
MID() displays a specific number of characters from a text string, with reference to the specified starting position and specified number of characters.
Description
MID(txt, snum, noc)
e.g. MID("String",1,3) displays Str as a result.
- MID counts 1 byte per characters. MID works with the languages that use 'Single Byte Character Set' (SBCS).
- If argument is directly entered in the command, it should be enclosed in double quotes (e.g. "Name").
- should be >= 1, else Calci displays #N/A error message.
- If > 'length of text', Calci displays empty text ("").
- If + > 'length of text', Calci displays the characters up to the end of text.
- If is negative, Calci displays #N/A error message.
Examples
| WelCome | ||
| Apple Orange | ||
| *123*123 | ||
=MID(A1,1,3) : Displays 3 character string in cell A1 starting from 5th position. Displays Wel as the output.
=MID(A2,7,14) : Displays 14 characters in cell A2 starting from 7th position. Displays Orange as the output.
=MID(A3,1,1) : Displays character string in cell A3 starting from 1st position. Displays * as the output.
=MID("good" & "morning",1,8) : Joins the two strings and returns 8 characters starting from 1st position. Displays goodmorn as the output.