Do you have a blank row after the total and then a new name? If so,
can you find the next name after Joe Smith (are they sorted?) and then
come back two rows?

MATCH will return the (relative) row in a range that a matched item is
found on, or you can look through the whole column and thus return the
absolute row.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Jan 14, 5:04*pm, Paul Peterson - Velox Consulting, LLC
oft.com wrote:
Hi - I'm trying to do the following:





In Cell B1, I have the value "Smith, Joe"
In cell a4, I have a total number of hours for Joe Smith: 40. Depending on
the detail hours reported, the total hours may be in a different line. For
example, if Joe had 6 line items of detail, the total would be in line a6.

So, I have to first find Joe Smith in the spreadsheet, then find the total
line. Any ideas?

Paul Peterson
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