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Ron Coderre
 
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Default capture last cell in column


Regarding: =INDEX(A:A,MATCH(10^99,A:A))

The 10^99 simply creates an impossibly large number to be used in the
worksheet (Excel can only handle values with up to 15 digits).

When the MATCH function does not find a match, it returns the position
of the last numeric value.

Side note:
As has been posted, a better way to return the last numeric value in a
column is:
=LOOKUP(10^10,H:H)

I hope that helps.

Regards,
Ron


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