Does this work for you:

=1+MAX(MATCH({"zzzzzzz",9.9999999E+307},A:A))

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HTH,

RD
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"Bruce Henson" <Bruce wrote in message
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I'd like to know how to index the first blank cell in a column of data, so
that I can return that number as a reference for a report (to use as an
index
value for returning other values in that row).