MID DAX Function (Text)

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Returns a string of characters from the middle of a text string, given a starting position and length.

Syntax

MID ( <Text>, <StartPosition>, <NumberOfCharacters> )

Parameter	Attributes	Description
Text		The text string from which you want to extract the characters.
StartPosition		The position of the first character you want to extract. Positions start at 1.
NumberOfCharacters		The number of characters to return.

Return values

Scalar A single string value.

A string of text of the specified length.

Examples

VAR SSN = "123-45-6789"
VAR SecureSSN = "XXX-XX-" & MID ( SSN, 8, 3 ) & "X"
RETURN SecureSSN
-- Result is XXX-XX-678X

Related functions

Other related functions are:

• LEFT
• RIGHT

Last update: Jan 11, 2021   » Contribute   » Show contributors

Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo, Naji El Kotob

MSDN documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/mid-function-dax