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I have a string field in sharepoint list. I wanted to use calculated column to extract the part of the text.

File Path: Folder1/Folder2/Folder3/IBRegForm-1.doc

I need to extract the string except the part from last "/ " character.

Result to be : Folder1/Folder2/Folder3

I also have checked this link. But it is not as my case. Using calculated field to retrieve substring of another field

kindly help on this. Thanks in advance

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You have to nest 2 FINDs and 1 SUBSTR for every / . and nest that in an IF for every /

so your Formula for 3 slashes should at least have 6 FIND statements, 3 SUBSTR statements.

Start in Excel and make it work there (with only FIND and IF and SUBSTR )

You can take inspiration for Nesting from this SO Answer: Calculated Column Formula how to replace Substitute

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  • Thanks for the response, but what if my string contains more slashes...is there any way to search the slash from right side of the string?? Commented Jan 11, 2017 at 9:15

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