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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Mid Function, Mid Statement [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3143268"><bookmark_value>Mid;function</bookmark_value></bookmark><paragraph id="hd_id3143268" role="heading" level="1" oldref="1" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120306.xhp" name="Mid Function, Mid Statement [Runtime]">Mid Function, Mid Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" oldref="2" role="paragraph" id="par_id3148473" l10n="U">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 role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3154285" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147530" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">Mid (Text As String, Start As Integer [, Length As Integer]) or Mid (Text As String, Start As Integer , Length As Integer, Text As String)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3145068" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149295" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="6">String (only by Function)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3154347" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="8"><emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that you want to modify.</paragraph>
<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3150359" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="9"><emph>Start: </emph>Integer expression that indicates the character position within the string where the string portion that you want to replace or to return begins.</paragraph>
<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="10"><emph>Length:</emph> Integer expression that returns the number of characters that you want to replace or return.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" l10n="U" oldref="11">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 xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3144762" l10n="U" oldref="12">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>
<paragraph l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3150769" oldref="13"><emph>Text:</emph> The string to replace the string expression (<emph>Mid statement</emph>).</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3149560" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="14">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150439" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="15">Sub ExampleUSDate</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="16">Dim sInput As String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="17">Dim sUS_date As String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153189" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="18">sInput = InputBox(&quot;Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'&quot;)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="19">sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153952" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="20">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; &quot;/&quot;</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153364" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="21">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; Right(sInput, 2)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="22">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; &quot;/&quot;</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149665" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="23">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; Left(sInput, 4)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="24">MsgBox sUS_date</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148618" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="25">End Sub</paragraph>
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