str_mid() returns a specific number of characters from a text string, starting at the position you specify, based on the number of characters you specify.
Usage
str_mid(string, start, n)
Arguments
- string
The text string containing the characters you want to extract.
- start
The position of the first character you want to extract in the text. The first character in text has start = 1, and so on.
- n
The length of character to extract.
Value
A character vector.
See also
str_left() which extracts characters from the left and str_right() which extracts characters from the right.
Examples
str_mid("Super Eagle", 7, 5)
#> [1] "Eagle"
str_mid("Oyo Ibadan", 5, 6)
#> [1] "Ibadan"
