Mid Function
Returns a portion of a String. The first character is numbered 1.
Syntax
result = Mid( source, start, [length] )
result = stringVariable.Mid( start, [length] )
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source |
Required. The string from which characters are returned. |
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start |
Required. The position of the first character to be returned. The first character position is 1. If start is greater than the number of characters in source, an empty string is returned. |
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length (Optional) |
Optional. The number of characters to return from source. If ommitted, all characters from start to the end of source are returned. If length + start is greater than the length of source, all characters from start to the end of source will be returned. |
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Notes
To determine the number of characters in a String, use the Len function.
The Mid function works properly with international text.
Examples
These examples use the Mid function to return portions of a String.
s = Mid ("This is a test", 6) //returns "is a test"
s = Mid("This is a test", 11, 4) //returns "test"
This example converts the text string in EditField1 to hex and writes the result to EditField2:
EditField2.text=""
For i=1 to Len(EditField1.text)
EditField2.text=EditField2.text+"&h"+ Hex( Asc(Mid(EditField1.text,i,1)))
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