I am using Excel 2003.

I have two columns in which I enter the weight of individual rolls of
plastic...first down column A, then down column B. I'd like to have one cell,
say in column C, that reflects the last entry I made, no matter where it is
in columns A or B. Can this be done?

so if column A is filled and column B has only a few entries, you want the
last entry from column B (ie - all of the entries in column b are considered
later than the entries in column a)?

if so, try:
=IF(COUNT(B:B),LOOKUP(MAX(B:B)+1,B:B),LOOKUP(MAX(A :A)+1,A:A))


"computerwolf" wrote:

I am using Excel 2003.

I have two columns in which I enter the weight of individual rolls of
plastic...first down column A, then down column B. I'd like to have one cell,
say in column C, that reflects the last entry I made, no matter where it is
in columns A or B. Can this be done?

Assuming you fill cells in column A first, then you start in column B:

=IF(COUNT(A:B),LOOKUP(1E100,IF(COUNT(B:B),B:B,A:A) ),"")


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"computerwolf" wrote in message
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I am using Excel 2003.

I have two columns in which I enter the weight of individual rolls of
plastic...first down column A, then down column B. I'd like to have one
cell,
say in column C, that reflects the last entry I made, no matter where it
is
in columns A or B. Can this be done?

Any cell in A or B in any order will require event code as far as I can tell.

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Const WS_RANGE As String = "A1:B1000" '<--------- change to suit
Dim cell As Range
On Error GoTo ws_exit
Application.EnableEvents = False

If Not Intersect(Target, Me.Range(WS_RANGE)) Is Nothing Then
Me.Range("C1").Value = Target.Value
End If
ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

I put the last entry log cell as C1. You can Freeze Panes on row one so's C1 is
always visible.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:36:00 -0800, computerwolf
wrote:

I am using Excel 2003.

I have two columns in which I enter the weight of individual rolls of
plastic...first down column A, then down column B. I'd like to have one cell,
say in column C, that reflects the last entry I made, no matter where it is
in columns A or B. Can this be done?