On Thu, 19 May 2016 01:47:33 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Is this the simplest way to get the middle N characters?
This will return a sub-string of any length starting at any
point. This is the way the old VB mid$ function worked.
def mid(string, start, length):
# start begins at 0
if string = "":
return None
if start > len(string) - 1:
start = len(string) - 1
if length > len(string):
length = len(string)
if length < 1:
length = 1
return string[start : start + length]
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