try this formula =*SUBSTITUTE(B3* ,MID(B3,1+FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE(B3,"\","^",LEN(B3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B3,"\",""))))-1,999),"")
and see the attachment if it helps On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Jhoomla <amith.yeshwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does any one have a function or formula to extract for a path for > eg., > > E:\02 My Documents\20 Ebooks and Articles\10.04 Tintin\01 Tintin in > the Land of the Soviets.pdf > > Parent Folder: = 10.04 Tintin > Parent.Parent.folder = 20 Ebooks and Articles > Parent.Parent.Parent.Folder= 02 My Documents > > any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel
ctv_File Path and his parents.xls
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