VBA-Excel: String Functions – Mid()

Description: 

The Mid() function returns substring from a string and size of the substring is decided based on the parameters provided.

Format:

Mid (strMainString,start[,length])

Arguments:

• strMainString
  • Mandatory
  • Type: String
  • Substring will be returned from this main string.

• Start
  • Mandatory
  • Type: Numeric
  • Starting position of a substring, if start > No Of characters in main string then Mid() will return zero-length string(“”).
• Length
  • Optional
  • Type: Numeric
  • No of characters to be taken from the starting position. If not provided, all the characters after starting position are taken.

Function FnMid()

    Dim strMainString

    strMainString = "This is just an example"

    MsgBox "SubString is '" & Mid(strMainString, 2, 15) & "'"

End Function

Also Read About  Other String() Functions

INSTR()                       |                         InstrREV()                       |                        LCase()

UCase()                      |                         Left()                                |                        Right()

LTrim()                        |                         Mid()                                 |                        Trim()

RTrim()                       |                        Replace()                          |                        Space()

Len()                           |                        StrComp()                         |                        String()

Also Read:

1. VBA-Excel: Array Functions – LBound and UBound()
2. VBA-Excel: String Functions – Space()
3. VBA Excel - Cells, Ranges and Offset: Refer to Cells by Using Shortcut Notation
4. VBA-Excel: Date-Time Functions – DateAdd()
5. VBA-Excel: Date-Time Functions – WeekDay() and WeekDayName()