Get full File Name (workbook and worksheet) and Path

In excel, you can get the current workbook name and it is absolute path using the CELL function.  Just refer to the following formula:

=CELL("filename",B1)

Get the Current Worksheet Name only1

Enter the above formula into any of cells in the current worksheet, then you will get the workbook name and its path, it is similar with the below format:

path[book1.xlsx]sheet1

From the result returned by the Cell function, it contain the absolute path of the current workbook, the current workbook name and the current worksheet name.

The second argument of the CELL function is an optional. You can provide one cell reference, then it returns the full information of the worksheet that contain this provided cell. If the cell reference is not specified, then the CELL function will return the full information of the current worksheet.


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