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Mid function problem when "<" character is superceded by a letter

Coldfusion: I'm getting bizarre behaviour with the Mid function which uses strings which include the "<" character. When the "<" is superceded by a NUMBER the function works as expected, however when it is superceded by a LETTER it cuts short the result. Take a look a the code below and the output i receive. I will award points to whoever can explain why the last example (with the letter superceding the "<") give the result that it gives:

<cfoutput>
#Mid("123456789", 2, 9)#<br>
#Mid("1234<56789", 2, 9)#<br>
#Mid("1234<abcde", 2, 9)#<br>
</cfoutput>

results in:

23456789
234<5678
234

many thanks!

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paddycobbett

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It is true that the string i intend to substring is html, but i wouldn't have thought that the Mid function recognises that, i would have thought it just treats is as raw text right? or not? Even if i replace the a with a z such as:

#Mid("1234<zbcde", 2, 9)#

i get the same result. Any thoughts? and thanks for the response =)

B.T.W there are no problems with the opposite ">" tag

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mkishline