Excel VBA: How to extract specific folder from file path

Question

I'm looking for a function that will return the fourth file within a file path. For example, say my file path is "C:\\Users\\Desktop\\Programs\\Training Log\\Folder Database" and I would like to extract just the "Training" folder and save as variable. How could I go about doing that?

Here is my current function:

Function GetFilenameFromPath(ByVal strPath As String) As String

    If Right$(strPath, 1) <> "\" And Len(strPath) > 0 Then
        GetFilenameFromPath = GetFilenameFromPath(Left$(strPath, Len(strPath) - 1)) + Right$(strPath, 1)
    End If
End Function

This function just returns the immediate parent folder. How could I tweak it to specify a folder other than the immediate parent.

Thanks!!

Answer 1

You can use Split to get the 4th part.

Sub Sample()
    Dim FilePath As String
    Dim MyAr As Variant

    FilePath = "C:\Users\Desktop\Programs\Training Log\Folder Database"
    MyAr = Split(FilePath, "\")

    Debug.Print MyAr(4)
End Sub

Answer 2

You can accomplish this using this function:

Public Function getParentFolder(path As String, Optional level As Integer = 0)
    Dim pathTokens()    As String
    pathTokens = VBA.split(path, "\")
    Debug.Assert level >= 0 And level <= UBound(pathTokens)
    getParentFolder = pathTokens(UBound(pathTokens) - level)
End Function

By using Optional the default value is 0, so you can use this as a single- or two-argument function. The level argument lets you choose how many levels (directories) deep you go.