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The MID function

Takes characters from the middle of text.

In German Excel: TEIL

How to write it

=MID(text, start_num, num_chars)
text
The text.
start_num
Where to start, counting from 1.
num_chars
How many characters.

💡 Asking for too many characters is fine: MID stops at the end.

Try it

Take the 4-digit number from the middle of the code in C2.

A
B
C
D
1
Full name
City
Code
Number
2
maya lopez
berlin
TS-1042-BLU
3
LEO KING
paris
HD-0077-RED
4
sam o’neil
Rome
MG-3150-GRN

It starts at character 4 and is 4 long.