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Default Find the first cell to contain text in a column

I have a column that contains empty cells and text.

Try this:

=ADDRESS(MATCH("*",A:A,0),1,4)


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"M" wrote:

I have a column that contains empty cells and text. I want to return the
reference of the first cell in the column to contain text. For example

A2 = empty cell
A3 = empty cell
A4 = 2L

The formula would return A4

Thanks for your help

 
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