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Default Finding Location of Maximum Value in 2D Array

Depends on the version of excel.

..find won't work with xl97.

..find works with xl2002+

I've blacked out what happens with xl2k (stupid brain!).

Jim Cone wrote:

This seems to work...
Function superfoo2(r As Range) As String
Dim m As Double
m = Application.Max(r)
superfoo2 = r.Find(What:=m, after:=r(r.Count)).Address
End Function
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"Harlan Grove" wrote in message ups.com...
Gary''s Student wrote...
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Function superfoo(r As Range) As String
Dim s As String
m = Application.Max(r)
superfoo = r.Find(What:=m, After:=ActiveCell).Address
End Function

This throws a #VALUE! error.

What am I doing wrong?

...

Find is a *method* rather than a property of the Range class. You can't
run methods from udfs because udfs can't do anything other than return
values to the calling cell. The Find method tries to change ActiveCell,
but udfs can't do that.


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