# mid

## Description

Extract a specified number of characters from any side of a text.

## Input / Parameter

| Name   | Description                                                                          | Input Type  | Default | Options | Required |
| ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------- | ------- | -------- |
| string | The value where the extraction would happen.                                         | String/Text | -       | -       | Yes      |
| start  | The character count position where to start to extraction. The counting starts at 0. | Number      | 0       | -       | Yes      |
| length | The number of characters to extract.                                                 | Number      | 0       | -       | Yes      |

## Output

| Description                 | Output Type |
| --------------------------- | ----------- |
| Returns the extracted text. | String/Text |

## Callback

N/A

## Video

Coming soon.

## Example

The user wants to get a specific number of characters from a string, starting from the index specified.<br>

### Step

1. Call the function `console`. Call the function `mid` inside the `value` parameter of the `console` function.\
   string: ABCDEFGHIJ\
   start: 1\
   length: 3<br>

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### Result

![](https://399701567-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwmJ1RKjM2uNFaL6fO3Xu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-778945ee6e29899b5d1b1692d2366e5cacd697d6%2Fmid-result-1.png?alt=media)

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