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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Mid Function, Mid Statement [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>Mid function</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>Mid statement</bookmark_value>
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37<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143268" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120306.xhp" name="Mid Function, Mid Statement [Runtime]">Mid Function, Mid Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
38<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">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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40<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154285" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147530" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">Mid (Text As String, Start As Long [, Length As Long]) or Mid (Text As String, Start As Long , Length As Long, Text As String)</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145068" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149295" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String (only by Function)</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
46<emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that you want to modify.</paragraph>
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48<emph>Start:</emph> Numeric expression that indicates the character position within the string where the string portion that you want to replace or to return begins. The maximum allowed value is 65535.<comment>UFI: see #i17928#</comment></paragraph>
49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="10">
50<emph>Length:</emph> Numeric expression that returns the number of characters that you want to replace or return. The maximum allowed value is 65535.</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144762" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
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54<emph>Text:</emph> The string to replace the string expression (<emph>Mid statement</emph>).</paragraph>
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57<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149560" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="14">Example:</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Sub ExampleUSDate</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Dim sInput As String</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Dim sUS_date As String</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153189" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">sInput = InputBox("Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'")</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2)</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; "/"</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153364" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; Right(sInput, 2)</paragraph>
65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; "/"</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; Left(sInput, 4)</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">MsgBox sUS_date</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148618" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">End Sub</paragraph>
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