You could use this UDF:

Function EndCellTxt(a As Range) As String
EndCellTxt = a.End(xlDown).Address
End Function

Use with the INDIRECT function, like in

=SUM(B2:INDIRECT(endcelltxt(B2)))

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel
"BeenThereGotLost" wrote in
message ...
I am cutting and pasting rows of data from our ERP system into a spread
sheet. I then create a table at the end of the data calculating various
statistics. The column layout is fixed, so I always know which column I
need
to perform the functions. The number of Row is NOT fixed, so I need a way
to
indicate the end of the range.

Something like

=AVERAGE(RegionAround(B2,ColumnOnly))
where RegionAround(B2,ColumnOnly) would return B2:<row before first
blank cell

I'm willing to write a VBA function to return this information, but I
can't
get the recieving function to accept the value back as a range.

I am open to all ideas of performing functions on variable length columns.

Thanks,

ER.