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The maximum allowed value is 65535.<comment>UFI: see #i17928#</comment></paragraph> 47*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG"><emph>Length:</emph> Numeric expression that returns the number of characters that you want to replace or return. The maximum allowed value is 65535.</paragraph> 48*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If the Length parameter in the <emph>Mid function</emph> is omitted, all characters in the string expression from the start position to the end of the string are returned.</paragraph> 49*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If the Length parameter in the <emph>Mid statement</emph> is less than the length of the text that you want to replace, the text is reduced to the specified length.</paragraph> 50*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150769" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Text:</emph> The string to replace the string expression (<emph>Mid statement</emph>).</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 53*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149560" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph> 54*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleUSDate</paragraph> 55*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sInput As String</paragraph> 56*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sUS_date As String</paragraph> 57*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153189" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sInput = InputBox("Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'")</paragraph> 58*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2)</paragraph> 59*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</paragraph> 60*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153364" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sUS_date = sUS_date & Right(sInput, 2)</paragraph> 61*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</paragraph> 62*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sUS_date = sUS_date & Left(sInput, 4)</paragraph> 63*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">MsgBox sUS_date</paragraph> 64*3a73b312Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148618" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">End Sub</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 67