User Guide

Mid 625
Mid
Description
Extracts a substring from a string.
Returns
A string; the set of characters from string, beginning at start, of length count.
Category
String functions
Function syntax
Mid(string, start, count)
See also
Left, Len, Right
Parameters
Example
<h3>Mid Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("Form.MyText")>
<!--- if len is 0, then err --->
<cfif Len(FORM.myText) is not 0>
<cfif Len(FORM.myText) LTE FORM.RemoveChars>
<p>Your string <cfoutput>#FORM.myText#</cFOUTPUT> only has
<cfoutput>#Len(FORM.myText)#</cfoutput> characters. You cannot output
the <cfoutput>#FORM.removeChars# </cfoutput> middle characters of this
string because it is not long enough
<cfelse>
<p>Your original string: <cfoutput>#FORM.myText#</cfoutput>
<p>Your changed string, showing only the <cfoutput>#FORM.removeChars#
</cfoutput> middle characters:
<cfoutput>#Mid(Form.myText, FORM.removeChars, Form.countChars)#</
cfoutput>
</cfif>
Parameter Description
string A string or a variable that contains one. Must be single-quote or double-quote
delimited.
start A positive integer or a variable that contains one. Position at which to start count.
Positions start with 1, not 0.
count A positive integer or a variable that contains one. Number of characters to return. (0
is not valid, but it does not throw an error.)