FUNCTION LEFT, MID & RIGHT
LEFT & LEFTB
LEFT returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify.
LEFTB returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of bytes you specify. This function is for use with double-byte characters.
How does it work?
=LEFT(text,num_chars)
=LEFTB(text,num_bytes)
Text is the text string that contains the characters you want to extract.
Num_chars specifies the number of characters you want LEFT to extract.
• Num_chars must be greater than or equal to zero.
• If num_chars is greater than the length of text, LEFT returns all of text.
• If num_chars is omitted, it is assumed to be 1.
Num_bytes specifies the number of characters you want LEFTB to extract, based on bytes.
MID & MIDB
MID returns a specific number of characters from a text string, starting at the position you specify, based on the number of characters you specify.
MIDB returns a specific number of characters from a text string, starting at the position you specify, based on the number of bytes you specify. This function is for use with double-byte characters.
How does it work?
=MID(text,start_num,num_chars)
=MIDB(text,start_num,num_bytes)
Text is the text string containing the characters you want to extract.
Start_num is the position of the first character you want to extract in text. The first character in text has start_num 1, and so on.
Num_chars specifies the number of characters you want MID to return from text.
Num_bytes specifies the number of characters you want MIDB to return from text, in bytes.
Remarks
• If start_num is greater than the length of text, MID returns "" (empty text).
• If start_num is less than the length of text, but start_num plus num_chars exceeds the length of text, MID returns the characters up to the end of text.
• If start_num is less than 1, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• If num_chars is negative, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• If num_bytes is negative, MIDB returns the #VALUE! error value.
RIGHT & RIGHTB
RIGHT returns the last character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify.
RIGHTB returns the last character or characters in a text string, based on the number of bytes you specify. This function is for use with double-byte characters.
How does it work?
=RIGHT(text,num_chars)
=RIGHTB(text,num_bytes)
Text is the text string containing the characters you want to extract.
Num_chars specifies the number of characters you want RIGHT to extract.
Num_bytes specifies the number of characters you want RIGHTB to extract, based on bytes.
Remarks
• Num_chars must be greater than or equal to zero.
• If num_chars is greater than the length of text, RIGHT returns all of text.
• If num_chars is omitted, it is assumed to be 1.
LEFT returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify.
LEFTB returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of bytes you specify. This function is for use with double-byte characters.
How does it work?
=LEFT(text,num_chars)
=LEFTB(text,num_bytes)
Text is the text string that contains the characters you want to extract.
Num_chars specifies the number of characters you want LEFT to extract.
• Num_chars must be greater than or equal to zero.
• If num_chars is greater than the length of text, LEFT returns all of text.
• If num_chars is omitted, it is assumed to be 1.
Num_bytes specifies the number of characters you want LEFTB to extract, based on bytes.
MID & MIDB
MID returns a specific number of characters from a text string, starting at the position you specify, based on the number of characters you specify.
MIDB returns a specific number of characters from a text string, starting at the position you specify, based on the number of bytes you specify. This function is for use with double-byte characters.
How does it work?
=MID(text,start_num,num_chars)
=MIDB(text,start_num,num_bytes)
Text is the text string containing the characters you want to extract.
Start_num is the position of the first character you want to extract in text. The first character in text has start_num 1, and so on.
Num_chars specifies the number of characters you want MID to return from text.
Num_bytes specifies the number of characters you want MIDB to return from text, in bytes.
Remarks
• If start_num is greater than the length of text, MID returns "" (empty text).
• If start_num is less than the length of text, but start_num plus num_chars exceeds the length of text, MID returns the characters up to the end of text.
• If start_num is less than 1, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• If num_chars is negative, MID returns the #VALUE! error value.
• If num_bytes is negative, MIDB returns the #VALUE! error value.
RIGHT & RIGHTB
RIGHT returns the last character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify.
RIGHTB returns the last character or characters in a text string, based on the number of bytes you specify. This function is for use with double-byte characters.
How does it work?
=RIGHT(text,num_chars)
=RIGHTB(text,num_bytes)
Text is the text string containing the characters you want to extract.
Num_chars specifies the number of characters you want RIGHT to extract.
Num_bytes specifies the number of characters you want RIGHTB to extract, based on bytes.
Remarks
• Num_chars must be greater than or equal to zero.
• If num_chars is greater than the length of text, RIGHT returns all of text.
• If num_chars is omitted, it is assumed to be 1.
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