MID$ Statement
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 Action

 Replaces a portion of a string variable with another string.


 Syntax



  MID$( stringvariable$,  start% ,  length%) =  stringexpression$

 Remarks


 The  MID$ statement uses the following arguments.

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 Argument                                Description
 Argument                                Description
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  stringvariable$                        The string variable being modified.

  start%                                 A numeric expression giving the
                                         position in  stringvariable$ where
                                         the replacement starts.

  length%                                A numeric expression that gives
                                         the length of the string being
                                         replaced.

  stringexpression$                      The string expression that
                                         replaces part of  stringvariable$.





 The arguments  start% and  length% are integer expressions. The argument
 stringvariable$ is a string variable, but  stringexpression$ can be a string
 variable, a string constant, or a string expression.

 The optional  length% refers to the number of characters from the argument
 stringexpression$ that are used in the replacement. If  length% is omitted,
 all of  stringexpression$ is used. However, regardless of whether  length%
 is omitted or included, the replacement of characters never goes beyond the
 original length of  stringvariable$.


 See Also

  MID$ Function


 Example

 This example uses the  MID$ statement to replace string characters.

 CLS' Clear screen.

 Test$ = "Paris, France"

 PRINT Test$

 MID$(Test$, 8)="Texas "' Starting at position 8, replace

 ' characters in Test$ with Texas.

 PRINT Test$



 Output

 Paris, France


 Paris, Texas