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 mid

mid

Return a substring of a given source string, specifying the substring’s size as well as its starting location within the source.

Syntax

string mid(string str, integer startLoc, integer len)

Parameters

• str

  The source string from which the substring is to be derived.

• startLoc

  The position in str at which the returned substring begins. (The first character is considered to be at position 1)

• len

  The number of characters to return.

Return Value

Returns a string containing len characters from string str, beginning at startLoc. If startLoc is greater than the number of characters in str, return a zero-length string (""). If there are fewer than startLoc + len characters in str, all characters from the start position to the end of str are returned.

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