MIDSTR ' C style

Syntax

#include <STRING.bas> ' source in /Program Files/Coridium/BASIClib

FUNCTION MIDSTR( string , start, length ) as STRING

This FUNCTION written in BASIC returning the portion of string from the start character for length characters.

String may be a constant or variable string.

MIDSTR is written in C style with 0 being the first character of the string, consistent with VB string.Chars(0).

Extracting or setting a single byte in a string can be done with an index STRING(3) refers to the 4th byte of the string (starts from 0).

#include <STRING.bas>

DIM text(10)

text = "HELLO
WORLD"
PRINT
MIDSTR(text, 4,5)     ' will display  O
WOR