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The maximum allowed value is 65535.<comment>UFI: see #i17928#</comment></paragraph> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="10"> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">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> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">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> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150769" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13"> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Text:</emph> The string to replace the string expression (<emph>Mid statement</emph>).</paragraph> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149560" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="14">Example:</paragraph> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Sub ExampleUSDate</paragraph> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Dim sInput As String</paragraph> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Dim sUS_date As String</paragraph> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153189" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">sInput = InputBox("Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'")</paragraph> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2)</paragraph> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</paragraph> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153364" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">sUS_date = sUS_date & Right(sInput, 2)</paragraph> 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</paragraph> 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">sUS_date = sUS_date & Left(sInput, 4)</paragraph> 77*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">MsgBox sUS_date</paragraph> 78*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148618" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">End Sub</paragraph> 79*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 80*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 81