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  1. 11-10-2013, 08:25 PM #1
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    Smile i need help finding the correct function for renaming a column...

    This is what is in the column J2 and I need to only put \SB178P-M.jpg into column K2.

    \JM2000\PICTURES\SB178P-M.jpg

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    Re: i need help finding the correct function for renaming a column...

    try this
    ="\"&TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(J2,"\",REPT(" ",LEN(J2))),LEN(J2)))
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    Re: i need help finding the correct function for renaming a column...

    one way
    ="\"&TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(J2,"\",REPT(" ",50)),25))
    or
    =TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(J2,"\",REPT(" ",50)&"\"),25))
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