$mid(<start> <length> <text>)

• If <start> is omitted, this function returns the empty string.
• If <length> is omitted, this function returns the empty string.
• If <text> is omitted, this function returns the empty string.
• If <start> is greater than the number of characters in <text>, this function returns the empty string.
• If <length> is zero, this function returns the empty string.
• If <length> is negative, this function returns the empty string.
  — THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM IRCII – SEE PRACTICAL SECTION —
• Otherwise, this function skips over the first <start> characters in <text>, and then returns a copy of the next <length> characters after that. This means that <start> “counts from zero”.

This function extracts a substring from a string. This can be used to strip out the first few characters of a function, or to get a field from a fixed-format string. Although ircII lets you specify a negative value for <length> to get the “rest” of the string, EPIC does not. If you need to get the “rest” of a string, use the $rest() function.

A copy of a portion of <text>

$mid(4 4 hello there)                returns "o th"
$mid(7 100 this is a long string)    returns " a long string"
$mid(7 -1 this is a long string)     returns ""

This function first appeared in ircII.