Formula-Cell Contain File Extension Without File Path

bamaisgreat

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Thanks for looking at my post as always.

I have the following formula in a cell that displays the file name.
=LEFT(CELL("filename"),FIND("]",CELL("filename"))-1)

THe problem I have with this is I need it to show only the filename. It shows the file path also. Is there away to edit the formula so it only shows the name?

Thanks
 

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Hi

do you want to keep the file extension (so if filename="c:\temp\test.xlsx", do you need "test" or "test.xlsx")

Thanks
 
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Hi

=LEFT(TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(CELL("filename"),"[",REPT(" ",100)),100)),FIND(".",TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(CELL("filename"),"[",REPT(" ",100)),100)))-1)

which will return the filename only. If you could presume that the extension was always 4 characters then it could be a little simpler, but this version looks for the "." between the filename and the extension, and then removes the extension text.
 
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Got one more question on this formula. I think what im needing is for the rest of the file name past the first space or before the first bracket . This is what im getting now Example: G4905-910-3 (Bronze Bushings) This is what I would like to see Example: G4905-910-3
 
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Hi

=LEFT(TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(CELL("filename"),"[",REPT(" ",100)),100)),FIND(".",TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(CELL("filename"),"[",REPT(" ",100)),100)))-1)

which will return the filename only. If you could presume that the extension was always 4 characters then it could be a little simpler, but this version looks for the "." between the filename and the extension, and then removes the extension text.

Got one more question on this formula. I think what im needing is for the rest of the file name past the first space or before the first bracket . This is what im getting now Example: G4905-910-3 (Bronze Bushings) This is what I would like to see Example: G4905-910-3
 
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Hi

this formula returns the filename up to the first space, is that okay?
=LEFT(TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(CELL("filename"),"[",REPT(" ",100)),100)),FIND(" ",TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(CELL("filename"),"[",REPT(" ",100)),100)))-1)

Regards
 
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