asked on 9/3/2013

Count characters after the last \ in a string

I have a directory with files of various names. I need to strip out only the name of the file, but how to I get the name at the end of the directory/file name string. For example, below
is a fulle name, but I only want what is after the Appr_, that is, I only need Appr_01AB55279_20060803.pdf

"\\sf4\user1\Private\ACH\OID\Repository\SCANNED DOCS\S\Appr_01AB55279_20060803.pdf"

Sandra

Microsoft Development Microsoft Applications Microsoft Access

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als315

9/3/2013

Or:

Dim A() As String
Dim B As String
B = "\\sf4\user1\Private\ACH\OID\Repository\SCANNED DOCS\S\Appr_01AB55279_20060803.pdf"
A = Split(B, "\")
Debug.Print A(UBound(A))

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Sandra Smith

9/3/2013

ASKER

This worked. The Split did not return what I needed. Thank you both.

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