MID$ - a string processing statement that replaces a portion of a string variable with another string Syntax MID$(stringvariable,start[,length])=stringexpression - stringvariable is the name of the string you want to change - start, a numeric expression, is the character position at which the change starts - length, an optional numeric expression, is the number of characters to use from stringexpression - stringexpression supplies the new characters Other Uses of the MID$ Statement - to extract a given number of characters from a string See Also