mid

Substring starting at a given position.

Syntax

v = mid(text, start_num, num_chars)

Description

Returns num_chars characters from text, starting at position start_num (1-based). If start_num exceeds len(text), returns an empty string.

Examples

mid('hello world', 7, 5)  % 'world'
mid('abcdef', 2, 3)       % 'bcd'

See also

• left — First N characters of a string.
• right — Last N characters of a string.
• midb — Substring by byte position and length.