No..it won't recognize the LAST slash....using your example, it will put your files into four columns, if you use the slash as a delimiter...you will end up with E: in the first cell, animap in the next cell, overlays in the next cell, and Coovlayr.BMP in the last cell...then you could put the first three back together using a concatanation formula...of course this won't work if all of your paths are different lengths and have different amounts of slashes. I'm heading out for the day now...have fun gang! Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Carneal Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:10 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] WAS First-last NOW Split path &filenames? I am beginning to read the names of files on my CDs into a master list. If C2 contains: E:\animap\overlays\Coovlayr.BMP Will the procedure you described locate the last slash "\" and separate them into: C2: E:\animap\overlays\ D2 Coovlayr.BMP ? Thank you. Robert - ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************