Question : How do I extract characters after a hypen in query?

How do I extract the characters after hyphen in a query?  I have a field called ContactSource that has the values General-(persons name) and Board-(persons name).  I have been using =Mid([ContactSource] & "*",7) which returns the persons name correctly when preceded by Board- but not when preceded by General-.  Help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer : How do I extract characters after a hypen in query?

Mid(ContactSource, InStr(1, ContactSource & "-", "-") + 1)

That returns an empty string for any instances that have no hyphen.
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