FDM SCRIPTING - MID Function

I need to trim the values of a column based on the position of characters like below.
Original
Trimed Output
New York [1000]
1000
London [12001]
12001
Paris [45]
45
I use the below syntax. But it gives me an error : 5 - Invalid procedure call or argument
getProjetIDN =Mid(strField,InStr(strField,"[")+1,Len(strField)-1)
It works fine if i remove the '-1' from len command. And it works for '+1 as well. Can anyone help me with a way around?
getProjetIDN =Mid(strField,InStr(strField,"[")+1,Len(strField)) --> Works fine
getProjetIDN =Mid(strField,InStr(strField,"[")+1,Len(strField)+1) --> Works fine
Somehow for '-1' , it is giving me an error.
Thank you.

Thank you for your response
I have made it this way. and it works fine.
dim value1
dim value2
dim value3
value1 =InStr(strField,"[")+1
value2 =InStr(strField,"]")
value3 =Mid(strField,value1,value2)
getProjetIDN = DW.Utilities.fParseString(value3, 1, 1, "]")

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