Do you mean there are multiple instances of "Fred" and you want to find the
last instance?

What exactly do you want to do when you find the last instance?

...........A..........B
1.....Fred.......10
2.....Biff.........22
3.....Fred.......17
4.....Fred.......11
5.....Lisa........50

This formula finds the last instance of "Fred" and returns the corresponding
value from column B:

=LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:A5="Fred"),B1:B5)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"nastech" wrote in message
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hi, am wondering how to find the last copy of a text in a column, e.g.:
"fred"
any ideas? thanks