======Mid(text, start, length) ======
Category:  Text function

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=====Description=====
This function returns a substring of text from //text//, //length// characters long, and starting with the character in position //start//.

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|text|Text|Any text value from which the substring of text is returned.|
|start|Number (Integer)|The position of the first character within //text// to be returned.|
|length|Number (Integer)|The number of characters to return.|

**Return value type:** Text

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=====Remarks=====
Number values entered for //text// are implicitly converted to text.

Entering a value for //start// that is past the number of characters in //text// returns and empty value.

Entering a value for //length// that exceeds the number of characters after the //start// position, returns the text up to the end of //text//. 

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=====Examples=====
  mid('27.03.2015', 4, 2) //Returns '03'

  mid('Los Angeles', 5, 5) //Returns 'Angel'

  mid('Mary', 3, 5) //Returns 'ry'  (Returns characters to the end of the text.)

  mid(123456, 4, 3) //Returns '456' (Number implicitly converted; return value is a string.)

  mid('Mary', 5, 3) //Returns an empty value (The starting point is past the end of the text.)

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=====See also=====
  * [[syntax:functions:left|Left(text, no_of_chars)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:remove|Remove(text, start, length)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:right|Right(text, no_of_chars)]]