MID Function Explained
The MID function in Microsoft Excel returns a specific number of characters from a text string, starting at the position you specify. It takes three arguments: the text string, the start position, and the number of characters to return. For example, MID("Hello World", 6, 5) would return “World”.
MID Function Syntax
MID(text, start_num, num_chars)
- text: The text string from which you want to extract the characters.
- start_num: The position of the first character you want to extract. The first character in text has start_num 1.
- num_chars: The number of characters you want to extract.