here's a solution from rick rothstein:

LastUsedRow = ActiveSheet.Cells.Find(What:="*", SearchOrder:=xlRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Row

LastUsedCol = ActiveSheet.Cells.Find(What:="*", SearchOrder:=xlColumns, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Column
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Gary Keramidas
Excel 2003


"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
try somedthing like this......
Sub findcol()
Dim c As Long
c = Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
MsgBox "The Last column is " & Cells(1, c).Address
'Cells(1, c).Select 'optional
End Sub

regards
FSt1
"thomas donino" wrote:

I have a file that at times will have various number of columns. How do I
find the last column with data. All rows will have data in the same columns.
I am starting at A2