Try this:

=MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(A1:A100=8,0),0)

Is that something you can work with?
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Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)
"Mrover" wrote in message
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I am trying to get a formula which would put in the top cell what line the
first time a number =than a number that I want it to look for.
Example
A B C
3 this is the first line that =8
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 8
5 6