One way Steph

Dim sFile
Dim ary

sFile = "C:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\folder5\file.x ls"

ary = Split(sFile, "\")
MsgBox ary(UBound(ary))

or more directly, but less efficiently

Dim sFile

sFile = "C:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\folder5\file.x ls"
MsgBox Split(sFile, "\")(UBound(Split(sFile, "\")))


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HTH

RP
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"Steph" wrote in message
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I have a string variable that is a path to a file:
C:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\folder5\file.xl s

How can I create a new variable that is simply the file name.xls? Thanks!