Extracting Month and Year from File Name

bearcub

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  1. Windows
I have the following formula in A1 to show the current file Name

Code:
MID(CELL("filename"),SEARCH("[",CELL("filename"))+1, SEARCH("]",CELL("filename"))-SEARCH("[",CELL("filename"))-1)

Result in A1:
Aug 2018 New Employee-Term File.xlsx

[code//] <- What is the correct syntax so it shows up as code (I forgot how to do it)

I would like to extract the month and year portion of the file name.

I did try using the left combined with the Search and Find functions but was unsuccessful.

Thank you for your help,

Michael
 
Wow, this is great! Interesting how Excel allows you to use different recipes to get the same result. Really cool stuff! Thank you Peter
 
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