How to use the MID Function (WS,VBA)

Description

The Microsoft Excel MID function extracts a substring from a string (starting at any position).

Syntax

The syntax for the MID function in Microsoft Excel is:

MID( text, start_position, number_of_characters )

Parameters or Arguments

text

The string that you wish to extract from.

start_position

The position in the string that you will begin extracting from. The first position in the string is 1.

number_of_characters

The number of characters that you wish to extract.

Applies To

• Excel 2016, Excel 2013, Excel 2011 for Mac, Excel 2010, Excel 2007, Excel 2003, Excel XP, Excel 2000

Type of Function

• Worksheet function (WS)
• VBA function (VBA)

Example (as Worksheet Function)

Let's look at some Excel MID function examples and explore how to use the MID function as a worksheet function in Microsoft Excel:

Based on the Excel spreadsheet above, the following MID examples would return:

=MID(A1, 5, 4)
Result: "abet"

=MID(A2, 7, 3)
Result: "The"

=MID("Excel", 1, 2)
Result: "Ex"

=MID("Techonthenet.com", 5, 6)
Result: "onthen"

Example (as VBA Function)

The MID function can also be used in VBA code in Microsoft Excel.

Let's look at some Excel MID function examples and explore how to use the MID function in Excel VBA code:

Dim LResult As String

LResult = Mid("Alphabet", 5, 2)

The variable LResult would now contain the value of "ab".