Mid (Statement)
Overwrites a substring of a string with another
Syntax
`
Declare Sub Mid ( ByRef text As String, ByVal start As Integer, ByVal length As Integer, ByRef expression As Const String )
Declare Sub Mid ( ByVal text As WString Ptr, ByVal start As Integer, ByVal length As Integer, ByVal expression As Const WString Ptr )
`
Usage
`
Mid( text, start ) = expression
Or
Mid( text, start, length ) = expression
`
Parameters
`text`
The string to work with.
`start`
The start position in `text` of the substring to overwrite.
`length`
The number of characters to overwrite.
Description
Copies a maximum of `length` characters of `expression` into `text`, starting at `start`.
If `length` is not specified, all of `expression` is copied. The size of the string `text` is unchanged; if `expression` is too big, as much of it is copied up to the end of `text`.
`Mid` can also be used as a function to return part of another string. See Mid (Function).
Example
`
Dim text As String
text = "abc 123"
Print text 'displays "abc 123"
' replace part of text with another string
Mid(text, 5, 3) = "456"
Print text 'displays "abc 456"
`
Differences from QB

- None

See also

- Mid (Function)