MID Function in Excel: Complete Tutorial with Examples

MID extracts characters from any position in text, combines powerfully with SEARCH and FIND, and handles complex middle-text extraction tasks.

MID extracts characters from any position in text, combines powerfully with SEARCH and FIND, and handles complex middle-text extraction tasks.

RIGHT extracts characters from the end of text, gets file extensions and suffixes, splits last names, and parses endings efficiently.

LEFT extracts characters from the beginning of text, splits combined fields, extracts codes and prefixes, and cleans data efficiently.

SUBSTITUTE replaces specific text within cells automatically, works case-sensitively, targets individual occurrences, and cleans data without changing original values.

SEARCH finds text position within cells, works case-insensitively, supports wildcards, and combines with other functions for powerful data extraction tasks.

MEDIAN finds the true middle value, resists outliers better than AVERAGE, and reveals what's actually typical in skewed datasets like salaries.

INDEX & MATCH combines two functions for flexible lookups in any direction, outperforms VLOOKUP, and handles column changes without breaking formulas.

MATCH finds the position of values in ranges, supports wildcards and approximate matching, and powers INDEX-MATCH lookups better than VLOOKUP.

INDEX retrieves values by position, works with any direction, combines powerfully with MATCH, and outperforms VLOOKUP for flexible lookups.

MAX finds the largest value instantly, ignores text and blanks automatically, and identifies top performers, peak sales, and record highs effortlessly.