Returns any substring from the middle of a string. The middle is found by scanning the string from left to right, and parameters determine where the middle begins and ends.

Syntax

@Middle( string ; offset ; numberchars )
@Middle( string ; offset ; endstring )
@Middle( string ; startString ; endstring )
@Middle( string ; startString ; numberchars )

Parameters

string

Text or text list. Any string.

Number. A character position in string that indicates where you want the middle to begin, always counting from left to right. The middle begins one character after the offset.

Text. A substring of string that indicates where you want the middle to begin, always counting from left to right. The middle begins one character after the end of startString.

Number. The number of characters that you want in the middle. If numberchars is negative, the middle starts at offset or startString and continues from right to left. If numberchars is positive, the middle starts one character past the offset or startString and continues from left to right.

Text. A substring of string that indicates the end of the middle. @Middle returns all the characters between offset and endstring, or between startString and endstring.

middle

Text or text list. The substring from the middle of string, which begins at the offset or startString you specify and ends at the endstring you specify, or after the numberchars have been reached.

If the first parameter is a list, the function operates on each element of the list, and the return value is a list with the same number of elements.

Language cross-reference

Mid function of LotusScript language

Example
See Also

Locating and extracting substrings
@Begins
@Contains
@Ends
@Left
@LeftBack
@MiddleBack
@Right
@RightBack
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