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 (the end position is beyond the end of the string), the substring starting from start 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.

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# 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.

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# 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

• left
• right

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