find last row value in column when using MATCH to find column
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I have a problem where I use MATCH to find a column with a specific heading and then I want to find the last value in the column. I would like to achieve this just using formulas in the worksheet if possible All the solutions I have found require the Column letter ("B") instead of a reference. My match range does start at column A as 1 if that helps. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
find last row value in column when using MATCH to find column
=LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:A65535<""),A1:A65535)
This will pull the last value in the column. "Bouce" wrote in message ... Hi I have a problem where I use MATCH to find a column with a specific heading and then I want to find the last value in the column. I would like to achieve this just using formulas in the worksheet if possible All the solutions I have found require the Column letter ("B") instead of a reference. My match range does start at column A as 1 if that helps. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
find last row value in column when using MATCH to find column
Thanks, I had found that but I don't have the definite "A" reference, it
could be any column in the range. "Gaurav" wrote: =LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:A65535<""),A1:A65535) This will pull the last value in the column. "Bouce" wrote in message ... Hi I have a problem where I use MATCH to find a column with a specific heading and then I want to find the last value in the column. I would like to achieve this just using formulas in the worksheet if possible All the solutions I have found require the Column letter ("B") instead of a reference. My match range does start at column A as 1 if that helps. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
find last row value in column when using MATCH to find column
yeah..it was just an example.
"Bouce" wrote in message ... Thanks, I had found that but I don't have the definite "A" reference, it could be any column in the range. "Gaurav" wrote: =LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:A65535<""),A1:A65535) This will pull the last value in the column. "Bouce" wrote in message ... Hi I have a problem where I use MATCH to find a column with a specific heading and then I want to find the last value in the column. I would like to achieve this just using formulas in the worksheet if possible All the solutions I have found require the Column letter ("B") instead of a reference. My match range does start at column A as 1 if that helps. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
find last row value in column when using MATCH to find column
Your MATCH formula will return the relative position of the cell in
the horizontal range you use. If this number is less than 27, then you can convert the number to a letter by means of: CHAR(x+64) where x is the output from your MATCH formula. Perhaps you can then incorporate this letter in your formula by means of the INDIRECT function, along the lines of: =LOOKUP(2,1/(INDIRECT(CHAR(x+64)&"1:"&CHAR(x +64)&"65535")<""),INDIRECT(CHAR(x+64)&"1:"&CHAR(x +64)&"65535")) Hope this helps. Pete On Feb 6, 5:04*pm, Bouce wrote: Thanks, I had found that but I don't have the definite "A" reference, it could be any column in the range. "Gaurav" wrote: =LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:A65535<""),A1:A65535) This will pull the last value in the column. "Bouce" wrote in message ... Hi I have a problem where I use MATCH to find a column with a specific heading and then I want to find the last value in the column. I would like to achieve this just using formulas in the worksheet if possible All the solutions I have found require the Column letter ("B") instead of a reference. My match range does start at column A as 1 if that helps. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
find last row value in column when using MATCH to find column
If I understand correctly what you are trying to do, a formula like the
following should work: =LOOKUP(1E+307,INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,MATCH("CAT",2:2) )):INDIRECT(ADDRESS(65535,MATCH("CAT",2:2)))) In this example, the MATCH functions are looking for the heading "CAT" in row 2. The LOOKUP function is searching rows 1 through 65535 of that column for a ridiculously big number (1E+307), and returns the last number found in the range. If there are no numbers in the range, an error is returned. Hope this helps, Hutch "Bouce" wrote: Hi I have a problem where I use MATCH to find a column with a specific heading and then I want to find the last value in the column. I would like to achieve this just using formulas in the worksheet if possible All the solutions I have found require the Column letter ("B") instead of a reference. My match range does start at column A as 1 if that helps. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
find last row value in column when using MATCH to find column
I'm assuming that "value" is numeric.
See this screencap: http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/9540/lastnumft7.jpg -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Bouce" wrote in message ... Hi I have a problem where I use MATCH to find a column with a specific heading and then I want to find the last value in the column. I would like to achieve this just using formulas in the worksheet if possible All the solutions I have found require the Column letter ("B") instead of a reference. My match range does start at column A as 1 if that helps. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
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