Get the file name from a file path.

nickmirig · 07/02/24

I have a column that contains file paths.
"/Shared/Users/Bob/bob.txt"

Assume there can be any amount of folders, with names of any length.
I just want an adjacent column to say "bob.txt"

I have tried to find the index of the last "/" and work with that, but to no avail.
How can this be done?

Paul Newcome · 07/02/24

Give this a try…

=MID([Column Name]@row, FIND("~", SUBSTITUTE([Column Name]@row, "/", "~", LEN([Column Name]@row) - LEN(SUBSTITUTE([Column Name]@row, "/", "")))) + 1, LEN([Column Name]@row) - (FIND("~", SUBSTITUTE([Column Name]@row, "/", "~", LEN([Column Name]@row) - LEN(SUBSTITUTE([Column Name]@row, "/", ""))))))

Paul Newcome · 07/02/24

Give this a try…

=MID([Column Name]@row, FIND("~", SUBSTITUTE([Column Name]@row, "/", "~", LEN([Column Name]@row) - LEN(SUBSTITUTE([Column Name]@row, "/", "")))) + 1, LEN([Column Name]@row) - (FIND("~", SUBSTITUTE([Column Name]@row, "/", "~", LEN([Column Name]@row) - LEN(SUBSTITUTE([Column Name]@row, "/", ""))))))

nickmirig · 07/02/24

Fantastic, thank you!

Paul Newcome · 07/02/24

Happy to help. 👍️

Get the file name from a file path.

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