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Extract the filename from a path in Excel or Google spreadsheet

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=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"/",REPT(" ",100)),99))

assainov commented May 12, 2019

Thank you

eiannone commented May 31, 2019 •

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Clever! But does not work if the filename has more than 100 characters. You could use:
=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"/",REPT(" ",LEN(A1))),LEN(A1)-1))

3rdAnimal commented May 20, 2022

Thanks for the tip. Also, you can trim the file extension with this:
=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(Left(A1, Find(".",A1)-1),"/",REPT(" ",100)),99))

verkestk commented Jun 13, 2023

riffing on @eiannone's response:

=IFERROR(IF(SEARCH("/",A1,1), TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"/",REPT(" ",LEN(A1))),LEN(A1)-1))), A1)

Wrapping the TRIM in a conditional that looks for the / character - otherwise the first character gets trimmed improperly.

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