Mid Statement

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Mid (Statement)

Overwrites part of a string in place with other text.

Syntax

Declare Sub Mid ( ByRef text As String, ByVal start As Integer, ByVal length As Integer, ByRef expression As Const String )
Declare Sub Mid ( ByVal text As WString Ptr, ByVal start As Integer, ByVal length As Integer, ByVal expression As Const WString Ptr )

Parameters

• text
• start
• text
• length

Description

Copies a maximum of length characters of expression into text, starting at start.

If length is not specified, all of expression is copied. The size of the string text is unchanged; if expression is too big, as much of it is copied up to the end of text.

Mid can also be used as a function to return part of another string. See Mid (Function).

Remarks

Usage

Mid( text, start ) = expression

Or

Mid( text, start, length ) = expression

Differences from QB

• None

See also

• Mid (Function)

Examples

Dim text As String

text = "abc 123"

Print text 'displays "abc 123"

' replace part of text with another string

Mid(text, 5, 3) = "456"

Print text 'displays "abc 456"

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Category: String Functions
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