Does VBScript have a substring() function?

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Carlos Blanco picture Carlos Blanco · Feb 8, 2010 · Viewed 120k times · Source

Is there a substring() function in VBScript similar to Java's string.substring()?

Answer

Tmdean picture Tmdean · Feb 8, 2010

Yes, Mid.

Dim sub_str
sub_str = Mid(source_str, 10, 5)

The first parameter is the source string, the second is the start index, and the third is the length.

@bobobobo: Note that VBScript strings are 1-based, not 0-based. Passing 0 as an argument to Mid results in "invalid procedure call or argument Mid".

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