Doug Wrote:
Would like to have a cell value the the name of the excell file I am
creating.
Similar to inserting the file name into the header or footer.
The following formula will return the full path, filename and current
sheet name:
=CELL("filename",A1)
Where it gets interesting is if you want to isolate the file name only.
For example, =CELL("filename",A1) may return
D:\Jupiter\MyDocuments\[doobie.xls]Sheet1
If all you want is
doobie.xls
you need:
=MID(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("[",CELL("filename",A1))+1,FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))-FIND("[",CELL("filename",A1))-1)
The portion of the formula in red returns the position of the first
character of the actual filename.
The portion of the formula in blue returns the length of the actual
filename.
If all you want is -doobie.xls- you need the following:
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