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QB64-PE/internal/help/MID$_(statement).txt
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The [[MID$]] statement substitutes one or more new characters for existing characters of a previously defined [[STRING]].
{{PageSyntax}}
: [[MID$]]({{Parameter|baseString$}}, {{Parameter|startPosition%}}[, {{Parameter|bytes%}}]) = {{Parameter|replacementString$}}
{{PageDescription}}
* The {{Parameter|baseString$}} variable must exist and be large enough to contain the {{Parameter|replacementString$}}.
* {{Parameter|startPosition%}} specifies the string character position to start the overwrite.
* {{Parameter|bytes%}} or number of characters is optional. Excess byte lenghts are ignored.
* The {{Parameter|replacementString$}} should be as long as the byte length reserved.
* The length of the original string is not changed in any case. If {{Parameter|replacementString$}} is longer, it gets clipped.
{{PageExamples}}
''Example:'' Using [[INSTR]] to locate the string positions and a [[MID$ (statement)|MID$]] statement to change the words.
{{CodeStart}}
text$ = "The cats and dogs were playing, even though dogs don't like cats."
PRINT text$
start% = 1 ' start cannot be 0 when used in the INSTR function!
{{Cl|DO...LOOP|DO}}
position% = {{Cl|INSTR}}(start%, text$, "dog")
IF position% THEN ' when position is a value greater than 0
{{Cl|MID$}}(text$, position%, 3) = "rat" ' changes "dog" to "rat" when found
start% = position% + 1 ' advance one position to search rest of string
END IF
LOOP UNTIL position% = 0 ' no other matches found
PRINT text$ '' ''
{{CodeEnd}}
{{OutputStart}}
The cats and dogs were playing, even though dogs don't like cats.
The cats and rats were playing, even though rats don't like cats.
{{OutputEnd}}
{{PageSeeAlso}}
* [[MID$]] {{text|(function)}}
* [[LEFT$]], [[RIGHT$]]
* [[INSTR]], [[ASCII]], [[STR$]], [[HEX$]], [[Bitmaps]] (example)
* [[MKI$]], [[MKL$]], [[MKS$]], [[MKD$]]
{{PageNavigation}}
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