# TextBetween - script and chart function

TextBetween() returns the text in the input string that occurs between the characters specified as delimiters.

Syntax:

TextBetween(text, delimiter1, delimiter2[, n])

Return data type: string

Arguments:

TextBetween arguments

| Argument | Description |
| --- | --- |
| text | The original string. |
| delimiter1 | Specifies the first delimiting character (or string) to search for in text. |
| delimiter2 | Specifies the second delimiting character (or string) to search for in text. |
| n | Defines which occurrence of the delimiter pair to search between. For example, a value of 2 returns the characters between the second occurrence of delimiter1 and the second occurrence of delimiter2. |

Examples and results:

Examples and results

| Example | Result |
| --- | --- |
| `TextBetween('<abc>',<br>			'<', '>')` | Returns 'abc' |
| `TextBetween('<abc><de>',<br>'<', '>',2)` | Returns 'de' |