VBA Extract First 4 Characters From Filename

[sanjeevpandey]

Hi,

I want to extract first four characters from the filename, I so far used file fullname so it also included filepath, there I am blocked.

Suppose the path is "C:\folder\folder\folder\SRJ1_20130215-1230.xlsx"

So, I want to extract only "SRJ1" from the entire pathname, how can I do that?

Then I want to paste the extracted characters in a cell, that won't be complicated if the above procedure is done.

Thanks in advance.

Sanjeev

[xlbiznes]

Hi,

Here you go.

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[xlbiznes]

Hi,

Sorry got posted twice.

[JOHN H. DAVIS]

Another:

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[sanjeevpandey]

Hi,

Thanks alot xlbiznes and John H. Davis, this stuff finally worked! The solved code is:

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This gives me SRJ1 as the output!

[JOHN H. DAVIS]

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