One way, for top

=INDEX(A1:A1000,MATCH("~*",B1:B1000,0))

for bottom

=INDEX(A1:A1000,MAX((B1:B1000="*")*(ROW(B1:B1000)) ))

the latter entered with ctrl + shift & enter



Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"RFJ" wrote:

In each cell of column B (rows 3 to 150), there is either nothing (Null) or
an asterisk. All the asterisked cells will be in consecutive rows - but
where they start and finish is variable depending on other calculations in
the worksheet.

I want to be able to find the top and bottom row that has an asterisk in it
and return the corresponding cell values in column A.

eg

a
b
c *
d *
e *
f *
g
h

I'd be looking for two formulae - one to identify 'c' as the top value and
'f' as the bottom value.

Can SKS help.

Many thanks in advance.

Rob