Look in the vba help index for FIND.

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Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Francis Hookham" wrote in message
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Column E has strings identifying items. The number of blank cells between
entries varies. (See below.)



I need to insert a new item, say D01-006, or D01-004b. So I need to find
the
row number immediately above the next ID in order to insert the rows the
new
item will occupy.



In order to insert D01-006 how can I find the row number immediately above
D02-001, or the row above D01-005 to insert D01-004b?



Francis Hookham



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D01-001



D01-002



D01-003



D01-004



D01-004a



D01-005



D02-001



D02-002



D02-003