Extract filename from path

Question

I need to extract the filename from a path (a string):

e.g., \"C:\\folder\\folder\\folder\\file.txt\" = \"file\" (or even \"file.txt\" to get me sta

Answer 1

I was looking for a solution without code. This VBA works in the Excel Formula Bar:

To extract the file name:

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\","~",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\","")))))

To extract the file path:

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