Try:

=MID(B102,FIND(CHAR(22),SUBSTITUTE(B102,"\",CHAR(2 2),LEN(B102)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B102,"\",""))-1))+1,999)

or possibly:

=MID(B102,1,FIND(CHAR(22),SUBSTITUTE(B102,"\",CHAR (22),LEN(B102)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B102,"\",""))-1)))

solo_razor wrote in message ...
hello,

The formula is incomplete, i must extract different filename's
E.G.
c:\program files\eag\dir\testing\test.xls

Now the formula must extract c:\program files\eag\dir\

another example:
c:\windows\system\systemroot\test\testing.xls

The formula must extract c:\windows\system\systemroot\

So you can see, the formula must extract the file and its folder, so 2
steps

I can't get it to work, hope you can

Regards,
Niek



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