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dawgfather
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Remove everything before 3rd instance of a character

I have a data set that has a variety of data of any lengths. I am trying to trim off everything before (and including) the 3rd instance of a "\".

Example:

\\share1\test\folder

\\share.sharename.com\item\subfolder\somethingelse

\\server.us.domain.com\unanswered\question\please\help

 

...should yield:

test\folder

item\subfolder\somethingelse

unanswered\question\please\help

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tincholiver
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Replace(Campo,('\\'&SubField(Campo,'\',3)&'\'),'')

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tincholiver
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Creator III



Replace(Campo,('\\'&SubField(Campo,'\',3)&'\'),'')
rwunderlich
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=mid(Campo, index(Campo, '\',3) + 1)

-Rob

dawgfather
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Worked like a charm...thank you!