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Try this:

=LOOKUP(REPT("z",255),A:A)

Will return the last TEXT entry in column A.

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=LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:A200<""),A1:A200)

will find number or text

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Try this:

=LOOKUP(REPT("z",255),A:A)

Will return the last TEXT entry in column A.

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