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Michael M
 
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Default Can't figure it out . . .

Hey Biff
Great formula. I'd been scratching my head over the OP's question.
But how does the( "z",255) make the formula work ???
Regards
Michael M

"Biff" wrote:

You missed the new users group! Still time!

=LOOKUP(REPT("z",255),A1:F1)

=INDEX(A1:F1,MATCH("*",A1:F1,0))

Biff

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om wrote in message
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This may be simple but, I am stumped.

I have a range of six cells in a row on my spread sheet. Five cells are
empty and one contains data. I would like to find the single cell that
contains text and copy that text into a cell at the end of the row