MID
Library: #include <string.bas>
Return a portion of a string.
Syntax
mid(s$, start, N)
Returns a substring of s$ of at most N
characters starting at the given
start
position.
-
If the string length is shorter than
start + N
position (theend
position is beyond the end of the string), the substring starting fromstart
position will be returned. -
If the start position is beyond the end of the string, an empty string will be returned.
mid(s$, start, N)
is equivalent to s$(start TO start + N - 1)
Examples
# include <string.bas>
PRINT mid("HELLO WORLD", 0, 5)
Will print HELLO
.
# include <string.bas>
PRINT mid("HELLO WORLD", 6, 8)
This will print just WORLD
.
It'll start at position 6-th (for a 0-based string this is 7-th char), and print
up to 8 chars, but since there are only 5, it will get just WORLD
.
# include <string.bas>
PRINT mid("HELLO WORLD", 12, 5)
This will print just an empty string: start position is beyond the end of the string.
See also
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