Extract filename from path

Question

I need to extract the filename from a path (a string):

e.g., \"C:\\folder\\folder\\folder\\file.txt\" = \"file\" (or even \"file.txt\" to get me sta

Answer 1

Using Java:

String myPath="C:\folder\folder\folder\file.txt";
System.out.println("filename " +  myPath.lastIndexOf('\\'));

Answer 2

I believe this works, using VBA:

Dim strPath As String
strPath = "C:\folder\folder\folder\file.txt"

Dim strFile As String
strFile = Right(strPath, Len(strPath) - InStrRev(strPath, "\"))

InStrRev looks for the first instance of "\" from the end, and returns the position. Right makes a substring starting from the right of given length, so you calculate the needed length using Len - InStrRev