Name

MID

Synopsis

Use MID to return the desired number of characters starting at the specified location in the string.

To Calculate

=MID(Text, Start_Num, Num_Chars)

All arguments are required for this function.

Example

Figure 18-5 illustrates how MID is used to get five characters from the center of a string by starting at character 11.

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