{"id":12093,"date":"2011-11-20T10:01:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T10:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learnexcelmacro.com\/?p=752"},"modified":"2011-11-20T10:01:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T10:01:04","slug":"file-name-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/2011\/11\/file-name-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"File Name Formula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are few instances when we want to store the File Name or Current Workbook Name in a particular Cell. This is very easy. This can be done by using <strong> Cell() <\/strong> function as shown below:<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syntax:<\/strong>  <span style=\"color: #000080;\">=CELL(&#8220;filename&#8221;)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Returned Value:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> C:\\Users\\Vish\\Desktop\\[Test.xlsx]Sheet1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> The problem with this is that it gives the complete path including Drive and folders with Sheet Name.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To Get the Path: (Only Path, Excluding File Name)<\/strong>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Syntax:\u00a0 <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">=MID(CELL(&#8220;filename&#8221;),1,FIND(&#8220;[&#8220;,CELL(&#8220;filename&#8221;))-1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Returned Value:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0 C:\\Users\\Vish\\Desktop\\<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>To Get the Workbook Name: (Only File Name)<\/strong>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Syntax:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0 =MID(CELL(&#8220;filename&#8221;),FIND(&#8220;[&#8220;,CELL(&#8220;filename&#8221;))+1,FIND(&#8220;]&#8221;,CELL(&#8220;filename&#8221;))-FIND(&#8220;[&#8220;,CELL(&#8220;filename&#8221;))-1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Returned Value:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Test.xlsx<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>To Get the WorkSheet Name:<\/strong>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Syntax:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> =MID(CELL(&#8220;filename&#8221;),FIND(&#8220;]&#8221;,CELL(&#8220;filename&#8221;))+1,255)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Returned Value:<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Sheet1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong> Read this Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/2011\/11\/date-add-function\/\">DateAdd() Function<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vmlogger.com\/excel\/2011\/11\/sleep-wait-delay-function\/\">Wait() Function<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are few instances when we want to store the File Name or Current Workbook Name in a particular Cell. 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