To find the relative position of the last instance of #N/A:

=LOOKUP(2,1/ISNA(A2:E2),COLUMN(A2:E2)-MIN(COLUMN(A2:E2))+1)

To find the relative position of the first number:

Entered as an array using the key combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just
ENTER):

=MATCH(1,--ISNUMBER(A2:E2),0)

Biff

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I'm trying to create a formula that will tell me where the last
occurance of #N/A occurs in a table. If I have,

1 2 3 4 5
#N/A #N/A #N/A 2% 8%

I want a formula to tell me that the last occurance of #N/A is in
column 3, or that the first occurance of a real number is in column 4.
You can assume that the sets of #N/A will be contiguous.

Thank you.
-bgetson