Manuals/calci/MID

MID (Text,Start_Char,Num_Char)

where,

• $Text$ is a text string containing the characters to be extracted,
• $Start-Char$ is the starting position of the first character to be extracted, and
• $Num-Char$ represents the number of characters to be displayed.
  • MID(), returns a specific number of characters from a text string starting at the position you specify.

Description

MID (Text,Start_Char,Num_Char) 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 $Text$ is directly entered in the command, it should be enclosed in double quotes (e.g. "Name").
• $Start-Char$ should be >= 1, else Calci displays #N/A error message.
• If $Start-Char$ > 'length of text', Calci displays empty text ("").
• If $Start-Char$ + $Num-Char$ > 'length of text', Calci displays the characters up to the end of text.
• If $Num-Char$ 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.

Related Videos

MID

See Also

• MIDB

References

• String

• List of Main Z Functions

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