I have information in a column with a file path. I would like it to only
display the file name. Can this be done?

For example:

C:\test excel\PROPS\abcdefg.xls
C:\test excel\PROPS\dfsdagg.xls
C:\test excel\PROPS\12324vcs.xls

I would like it to display only the file name without the extension or path

abcdefg
dfsdagg
12324vcs

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:58:02 -0700, BZeyger
wrote:

I have information in a column with a file path. I would like it to only
display the file name. Can this be done?

For example:

C:\test excel\PROPS\abcdefg.xls
C:\test excel\PROPS\dfsdagg.xls
C:\test excel\PROPS\12324vcs.xls

I would like it to display only the file name without the extension or path

abcdefg
dfsdagg
12324vcs

For a formula, assuming the file types have three characters, try:

=MID(A1,FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",CHAR(1),
LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",""))))+1,LEN(A1)-
FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",CHAR(1),LEN(A1)-
LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",""))))-4)

For a UDF, which allows for file types of three or four characters, you could
try this:

===============================
Option Explicit
Function reFilename(str As String) As String
Dim re As Object
Dim mc As Object
Const sPat As String = "\\([^\\\,]+)\..{3,4}$"

Set re = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
re.Pattern = sPat
If re.test(str) = True Then
Set mc = re.Execute(str)
reFilename = mc(0).submatches(0)
End If
End Function
==================================
--ron

For a UDF, which allows for file types of three or four characters, you
could
try this:

===============================
Option Explicit
Function reFilename(str As String) As String
Dim re As Object
Dim mc As Object
Const sPat As String = "\\([^\\\,]+)\..{3,4}$"

Set re = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
re.Pattern = sPat
If re.test(str) = True Then
Set mc = re.Execute(str)
reFilename = mc(0).submatches(0)
End If
End Function
==================================

Here is a UDF which works for any extension (even for a file with no
extension)...

Function GetFileName(FN As String) As String
If Len(FN) Then GetFileName = Split(Split(FN, "\") _
(UBound(Split(FN, "\"))), ".")(0)
End Function

Rick

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:40:07 -0400, "Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)"
wrote:

For a UDF, which allows for file types of three or four characters, you
could
try this:

===============================
Option Explicit
Function reFilename(str As String) As String
Dim re As Object
Dim mc As Object
Const sPat As String = "\\([^\\\,]+)\..{3,4}$"

Set re = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
re.Pattern = sPat
If re.test(str) = True Then
Set mc = re.Execute(str)
reFilename = mc(0).submatches(0)
End If
End Function
==================================

Here is a UDF which works for any extension (even for a file with no
extension)...

Function GetFileName(FN As String) As String
If Len(FN) Then GetFileName = Split(Split(FN, "\") _
(UBound(Split(FN, "\"))), ".")(0)
End Function

Rick

That'll work, and is shorter and probably faster.

I could modify mine to handle the absence of a file type extension.
--ron

For a UDF, which allows for file types of three or four characters, you
could
try this:

===============================
Option Explicit
Function reFilename(str As String) As String
Dim re As Object
Dim mc As Object
Const sPat As String = "\\([^\\\,]+)\..{3,4}$"

Set re = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
re.Pattern = sPat
If re.test(str) = True Then
Set mc = re.Execute(str)
reFilename = mc(0).submatches(0)
End If
End Function
==================================

Here is a UDF which works for any extension (even for a file with no
extension)...

Function GetFileName(FN As String) As String
If Len(FN) Then GetFileName = Split(Split(FN, "\") _
(UBound(Split(FN, "\"))), ".")(0)
End Function

Rick

That'll work, and is shorter and probably faster.

I don't really have a feel for the speed difference myself. Split is not the
fastest function in the VB arsenol, but the of course, neither are calls to
scripting engines. The String values either of our functions will have to
deal are quite small, so any Split/Scripting speed differences may well be
nil. It is even possible that the VBA-to-spreadsheet interface time penalty
may be such as to make the Split and/or Scripting speeds appear negligiable.

I could modify mine to handle the absence of a file type extension.

I think you should do so. That way the OP (or others following the thread)
will have a choice. Besides, if the OP (or others readers) come from a
Regular Expression background, they will more than likely find your solution
far more appealing than mine.

Rick

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:11:43 -0400, "Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)"
wrote:


I could modify mine to handle the absence of a file type extension.

I think you should do so. That way the OP (or others following the thread)
will have a choice. Besides, if the OP (or others readers) come from a
Regular Expression background, they will more than likely find your solution
far more appealing than mine.

Rick

To include filenames that might not include a type extension, a starting point
is to modify sPat (pattern) so that the characters after the last dot "." are
optional:

=====================================
Option Explicit
Function reFilename(str As String) As String
Dim re As Object
Dim mc As Object
Const sPat As String = "\\([^\\\,.]+)(\.[^.]+)?$"

Set re = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
re.Pattern = sPat
If re.test(str) = True Then
Set mc = re.Execute(str)
reFilename = mc(0).submatches(0)
End If
End Function
======================================

HOWEVER, this may no longer give accurate matches. Windows long file names may
include the dot "." So really you'd need to exclude all possible file type
extensions, but not other endings that are not.

I'm no expert on allowable file type extensions in Windows.

What I did below was assume that a final "." followed by three or four
characters that are letters, numbers or underscore would represent a file type
extension. But that other lengths or including other characters would not.

It may well be that other characters should be added to the allowable list.
This can be easily done.

In any event, it does become a lot more complex with long filenames that might
or might not include an extension:

=====================================
Option Explicit
Function reFilename(str As String) As String
Dim re As Object
Dim mc As Object
Const sPat As String = "\\([^\\]+)((\.\w{3,4})|(\.[^.]*))$"

Set re = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
re.Pattern = sPat
If re.test(str) = True Then
Set mc = re.Execute(str)
reFilename = mc(0).submatches(0) & mc(0).submatches(3)
End If
End Function
=========================================

It'd become even more complicated if we allowed other file systems!

Best,
--ron