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MID

Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Text · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the MID function across Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc — verified by actually running it. Syntax and links to each vendor’s official documentation are below.

Support matrix

EngineDocumentedLive-testedVerdict
Excel Yes Not yet n/a
Google Sheets Yes Not yet n/a
LibreOffice Calc Yes Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-06) Supported, behaves as documented

LibreOffice version history

We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when MID’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.

LibreOffice versionVerdictTested
24.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
24.8.7.2 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
25.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-24
25.8.7.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-08-06

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-06)

FormulaDescriptionResultExpectedVerdict
=MID(A1,2,3) Basic extraction of 3 characters starting at position 2 xce xce Matched
=MID(A1,20,5) start_num beyond the string length returns an empty string, not an error
Microsoft docs: "If start_num is greater than the length of text, MID returns \"\" (empty text)." Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mid-midb-functions-d5f9e25c-d7d6-472e-b568-4ecb12433028		 Matched
=MID(A1,3,100) num_chars larger than the number of characters remaining returns just what's left, not an error or padded result cel cel Matched
=MID(A1,1,5) start_num=1 with num_chars covering the whole string returns the whole string Excel Excel Matched

Docs & syntax

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