# 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>

   ![](/files/vKgUp7787MXLRba4rl17)

   ![](/files/7KJQtBRH7JlTBPfZtD1F)

### Result

![](/files/pUulYAVtaHEcXkywJgBc)

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