Macro help to display part of filename

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chancegarrison
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Macro help to display part of filename

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I am looking for help to display part of a file name that is after a certain number of characters or a dash symbol.

For example, I have a part with file name 1-123456-001
I want to be able to display only the 001 from the end after the second dash on a drawing. How can this be trimmed and displayed?

This would save lots of tedious work.
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AlexB
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Re: Macro help to display part of filename

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Try this. The variable "s" is your initial string.

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Dim substring As String
substring = Right(s, Len(s) - InStrRev(s, "-"))
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Re: Macro help to display part of filename

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AlexB wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2024 9:12 pm Try this. The variable "s" is your initial string.

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Dim substring As String
substring = Right(s, Len(s) - InStrRev(s, "-"))
Alex, this would be great but I’m no coder.
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