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Default How to find multiple same char in a string in Excel?

Hello:

I am trying to locate the last subdirectory name from a full path. For
example, I have a full path like:

"c:\temp\temp1\temp2"

I would like to find the temp2 which is the last subdirectory.

I am thinking to use find() to find the last "\", and then use left(),
right() or mid() to obtain it. The problem is, when I tried to use
find() function, it only returns the first position of the "\" in the
full path string. How can I get the last "\" position in the string?

p.s., I had searched the Internet, but all the examples I found were
just had one occurance of the char to be found, while in my case, I
have multiple same chars ("\") in the string.

Thanks for any help in advance.

 
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