Excel Formula for File Name but Do Not Change if Workbook Not Active

OilEconomist

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  1. 2019
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  1. Windows
Thanks in advance for any suggestions for which feedback will be given.

Is there a formula that you can put into a cell that will get the name of that file and not necessarily the active file? When I switch files, the cell changes to the active file even though the active file is a different file.


Code:
=MID(CELL("filename"),SEARCH("[",CELL("filename"))+1,SEARCH(".",CELL("filename"))-1-SEARCH("[",CELL("filename")))
 

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Use a cell reference in the file as optional function argument:
Code:
CELL("filename",$A$1)
 
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bobsan42 thanks so much as that worked perfectly

Can $A$1 be any cell? What if it has a value in it.
 
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You can use any cell regardless of its contents.
 
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