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Getting a string of data from a file name
I need to extract a persons name from a cell that has the filename
for instance =cell("filename") will return T:\actdata\act\excelshets\[abbey roberts gymstart progress 2006.xls]sheets1 I want just the name I.e abbey roberts the thing is that name can vary in length I have tried left right and I can do it in 2 steps using left then right but I cant do it as one formula. hope you can make sense of that. TIA -- Stephen King Also devices Pty Ltd ACC Brisbane Australia |
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Getting a string of data from a file name
If filepath is in cell A1 try =MID(A1,FIND("[",A1)+1,FIND("gym",A1)-FIND("[",A1)-2) Regards Dav -- Dav ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dav's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27107 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=564582 |
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Getting a string of data from a file name
thank you very much saved me a lot of searching.
-- Stephen King Also devices Pty Ltd ACC Brisbane Australia "Dav" wrote in message ... If filepath is in cell A1 try =MID(A1,FIND("[",A1)+1,FIND("gym",A1)-FIND("[",A1)-2) Regards Dav -- Dav ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dav's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27107 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=564582 |
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