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Default help locating first empty cell in a column

Sub test()
Dim rngFirstEmpty As Range
Dim wks As Worksheet

Set wks = ActiveSheet 'or whatever sheet you want
Set rngFirstEmpty = wks.Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0)
MsgBox "The first empty cell is in address " & rngFirstEmpty.Address
'rngFirstEmpty.Select 'Uncomment this to select this cell
End Sub
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Celt" wrote:


I am looking for a function that will search column A and return the
address of the first blank cell. I have been trying to do this with an
Address & Match combo as follows:


=ADDRESS(MATCH(9.99999999999999E+307,A:A)+1,1)

Alone this formula works great. However, when I put it in a macro, it
doesn't work. Here is my macro:

ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="ABC", RefersToR1C1:= _
"=OFFSET(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(MATCH(""EML*"",Sheet1!C6 ,0),6)),0,-5,COUNTIF(Sheet1!C6,LEFT(""EML*"",5)),COUNTA(Sheet 1!R4))"
ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="EMPTY", RefersToR1C1:= _
"=ADDRESS(MATCH(9.99999999999999E+307,Sheet1!R1C1) + 1,1,4)"
Range("ABC").Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets("Sheet2").Select
Range("A4").Select
ActiveSheet.paste
Range("EMPTY").Select

Basically the macro is taking "ABC" which is a specific chunk of
accounting data in a much larger pool of data from Sheet1 and
copy/pasting it to Sheet2. What I was hoping the macro would do is
then select the first empty cell in Column A under what I just pasted.

Visual Basic doesn't seem to like my "Empty" reference. The Debugger
pops up at Range("EMPTY").Select.

Anyone have any advice. Any help is much appreciated!!!


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