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<title>MID/MIDB Function</title>
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<meta charset="utf-8" />
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<meta name="description" content="" />
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<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../editor.css" />
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</head>
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<body>
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<div class="mainpart">
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<h1>MID/MIDB Function</h1>
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<p>The <b>MID/MIDB</b> function is one of the text and data functions. Is used to extract the characters from the specified string starting from any position. The <b>MID</b> function is intended for languages that use the single-byte character set (SBCS), while <b>MIDB</b> - for languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS) like Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc.</p>
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<p>The <b>MID/MIDB</b> function syntax is:</p>
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<p style="text-indent: 150px;"><b><em>MID(string, start-pos, number-chars])</em></b></p>
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<p style="text-indent: 150px;"><b><em>MIDB(string, start-pos, number-chars])</em></b></p>
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<p><em>where</em></p>
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<p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>string</em></b> is a string you need to extract the characters from.</p>
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<p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>start-pos</em></b> is a position you need to start extracting from.</p>
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<p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>number-chars</em></b> is a number of the characters you need to extract.</p>
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<p>The data can be entered manually or included into the cells you make reference to.</p>
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<p>To apply the <b>MID/MIDB</b> function,</p>
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<ol>
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<li>select the cell where you wish to display the result,</li>
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<li>click the <b>Insert Function</b> <img alt="Insert Function icon" src="../images/insertfunction.png" /> icon situated at the top toolbar,
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<br />or right-click within a selected cell and select the <b>Insert Function</b> option from the menu,
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<br />or click the <img alt="Function icon" src="../images/function.png" /> icon situated at the formula bar,
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</li>
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<li>select the <b>Text and data</b> function group from the list,</li>
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<li>click the <b>MID/MIDB</b> function,</li>
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<li>enter the required arguments separating them by comma,</li>
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<li>press the <b>Enter</b> button.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>The result will be displayed in the selected cell.</p>
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<p style="text-indent: 150px;"><img alt="MID/MIDB Function" src="../images/mid.png" /></p>
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</div>
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</body>
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</html>
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