This function returns the requested number of characters from a text string starting at the position you have specified (on the basis of the specified number of bytes).

Syntax

MIDB(text,start_num,num_bytes)

Arguments

This function has the following arguments:

Argument	Description
text	Refers to the text string containing the characters you want to extract.
start_num	Refers to the number representing the first character you want to extract in text, with the first character in the text having a value of one (1). If this value is not an integer, the number is truncated.
num_bytes	Refers to the number of characters to return from text (in bytes). If this value is not an integer, the number is truncated.

The text argument can be a string or a formula that returns a string, or a reference to a cell containing that string.

The start_num argument works on the following rule:

• If start_num is greater than the length of text, this function returns "" (empty text). If start_num is less than the length of text, but start_num plus num_bytes exceeds the length of text, this function returns the characters up to the end of text.

Remarks

The MIDB function counts 2 bytes per character, but this happens only when a DBCS language is set as the default language.

Data Types

Accepts string data for the text argument, numeric data for the start_num argument, and numeric data for the num_bytes argument. Returns string data.

Examples

MIDB("rosy garden", 6, 20) gives the result garden.