Hi Sharon

It depends upon the formula you are using for showing the balance in
column E.
If the result of the formula =0 because some other criterion has not
been met, then your formula may show 0 as being the last value.
If the cells below the what you regard as being the last value are
blank, then your Lookup formula will return the correct value.

For example
=IF(D7<"",E6+D7,0)
as opposed to
=IF(D7<"",E6+D7,"")

The first case will return 0, the second case will return the value of
the last cell in the range containing a value as opposed to being null

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"sharon" wrote in message
...
No. I have a spreadsheet that tracks a running balance in column E.
At the
top of the spreadsheet I want it to display the most current balance
by
picking up the last entry in the column.

" wrote:

Here's a macro that will do it and show the value in a message box,
is
this what you needed?


Sub LastValue()
Dim Mycell As Object
For Each Mycell In Range("E:E")
If Mycell.Value = "" Then
MsgBox Mycell.Offset(-1, 0)
Exit Sub
End If
Next
End Sub

Sandy


sharon wrote:
I am trying to display the last entry in a column. I am using the
following
formula:

=LOOKUP(9.99999999999999E+307,E6:E4000)

My result shows up as zero if cell E4000 has nothing in it.

I am looking for a formula the looks at the entire E column and
displays the
value of the last cell with a number in it.