returns characters from middle of text · from excel · excel: verified match · sheets: verified match

signature

MID(text, start_num, num_chars)

returns: text

argument	required
text	required
start_num	required
num_chars	required

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

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