Hi Daniel

Thank you for the effort. When I use the formula, I am getting #NUM!
error. I am not able to understand what is wrong.

Would you be able to attach an excel file which is working. I am using
excel 2007.

regards,

On May 27, 5:46 pm, "Daniel" <dcolarde...@free.fr> wrote:
> Assuming path is in A1 :
> Folder :
> =MID(A1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&
> LEN(A1))),2)+1,MAX((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIRECT(
> "1:"&LEN(A1))))-LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIRE
> CT("1:"&LEN(A1))),2)-1)
> Parent folder :
> =MID(A1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&
> LEN(A1))),3)+1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIREC
> T("1:"&LEN(A1))),2)-1)
> Parent parent folder :
> =MID(A1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&
> LEN(A1))),4)+1,LARGE((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)="\")*ROW(INDIREC
> T("1:"&LEN(A1))),3)-1)
>
> Daniel
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com] De
> la part de Jhoomla
> Envoyé : vendredi 27 mai 2011 07:57
> À : MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS
> Objet : $$Excel-Macros$$ Formula to extract parent folder, parent of parent
> folder etc
>
> Does any one have a function or formula to extract for a path for eg.,
>
> E:\02 My Documents\20 Ebooks and Articles\10.04 Tintin\01 Tintin in the Land
> of the Soviets.pdf
>
> Parent Folder: = 10.04 Tintin
> Parent.Parent.folder = 20 Ebooks and Articles Parent.Parent.Parent.Folder=
> 02 My Documents
>
> any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
>
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