MID$ Function Details Syntax MID$(stringexpression,start[,length]) Argument Description stringexpression The string expression that the substring is extracted from. This can be any string expression. start The character position in stringexpression where the substring starts. length The number of characters to extract. The arguments start and length must be in the range 1 to 32,767. If length is omitted or if there are fewer than length characters to the right of the start character, the MID$ function returns all characters to the right of the start character. If start is greater than the number of characters in stringexpression, MID$ returns a null string. Use the LEN function to find the number of characters in stringexpression.