Sorry, I should have said that these are array formulas (validate with Ctrl+Shift+Enter). Have a look at the attached file.
Regards. Daniel -----Message d'origine----- De : excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com] De la part de Jhoomla Envoyé : lundi 30 mai 2011 06:46 À : MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS Objet : Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Formula to extract parent folder, parent of parent folder etc Hi Daniel Thank you for the effort. When I use the formula, I am getting #NUM! error. I am not able to understand what is wrong. Would you be able to attach an excel file which is working. I am using excel 2007. regards, On May 27, 5:46 pm, "Daniel" <dcolarde...@free.fr> wrote: > Assuming path is in A1 : > Folder : > =MID(A1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIRECT > ("1:"& > LEN(A1))),2)+1,MAX((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(IND > IRECT( > "1:"&LEN(A1))))-LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW( > INDIRE > CT("1:"&LEN(A1))),2)-1) > Parent folder : > =MID(A1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIRECT > ("1:"& > LEN(A1))),3)+1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(I > NDIREC > T("1:"&LEN(A1))),2)-1) > Parent parent folder : > =MID(A1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIRECT > ("1:"& > LEN(A1))),4)+1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(I > NDIREC > T("1:"&LEN(A1))),3)-1) > > Daniel > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : excel-macros@googlegroups.com > [mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com] De la part de Jhoomla Envoyé : > vendredi 27 mai 2011 07:57 À : MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS Objet : > $$Excel-Macros$$ Formula to extract parent folder, parent of parent > folder etc > > 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/exceldailytip2. Join our LinkedIN group > @http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials athttp://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros athttp://www.quickvba.blogspot.com5. Excel Tips > and Tricks athttp://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below > linkhttp://www.facebook.com/discussexcel -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 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 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
ExtractFolders.xls
Description: MS-Excel spreadsheet
