You need to find the string position using STRSTR.. Joe
From: Wagner, Christoph Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 9:59 AM Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: get a substring after the last "\" of a string ** Dear listers, I have a question: How can I get a substring after the last „\“ of a string? Example: What I have: C:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\file1.txt C:\folder1\folder2\folder3\file2.txt C:\folder1\folder2\file3.txt What I want: file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt Anybody an idea? Thanks a lot for your help Regards Christoph _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"