MID, MIDB function
Summary
Returns a specific number of characters from a text string starting at the position you specify
Syntax
MID(text, start_num, num_chars)
The MID function syntax has the following arguments:
• Text Required. The text string containing the characters you want to extract.
• Start_num Required. The position of the first character you want to extract in text. The first character in text has start_num 1, and so on. If start_num is greater than the length of text, MID returns "" (empty text). If start_num is less than the length of text, but start_num plus num_chars exceeds the length of text, MID returns the characters up to the end of text. If start_num is less than 1, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• If start_num is greater than the length of text, MID returns "" (empty text).
• If start_num is less than the length of text, but start_num plus num_chars exceeds the length of text, MID returns the characters up to the end of text.
• If start_num is less than 1, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• Num_chars Required for MID. Specifies the number of characters you want MID to return from text. If num_chars is negative, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• If num_chars is negative, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• Text Required. The text string containing the characters you want to extract.
• Start_num Required. The position of the first character you want to extract in text. The first character in text has start_num 1, and so on. If start_num is greater than the length of text, MID returns "" (empty text). If start_num is less than the length of text, but start_num plus num_chars exceeds the length of text, MID returns the characters up to the end of text. If start_num is less than 1, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• If start_num is greater than the length of text, MID returns "" (empty text).
• If start_num is less than the length of text, but start_num plus num_chars exceeds the length of text, MID returns the characters up to the end of text.
• If start_num is less than 1, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• Num_chars Required for MID. Specifies the number of characters you want MID to return from text. If num_chars is negative, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• If num_chars is negative, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
Example
=MID(A2,1,5)
=MID(A2,7,20)
=MID(A2,20,5)
=MID(A2,7,20)
=MID(A2,20,5)