I have 4 columns with names, in some rows are none to 4 names. The names
appear random in any of the columns. It could look like this:
name1 name2
name3
name 4 name5

I want to get the first name that appears (from left to right) and put it in
the fifth column, like this:
name1
name3
name4

I can't figure it out, any help is welcome

One way
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Option Explicit
Sub getleftmostcell()
Dim lr As Long
Dim i As Long
'finds last row
lr = Cells.Find("*", Cells(Rows.Count, Columns.Count) _
, , , xlByRows, xlPrevious).Row
'gets cell
For i = 1 To lr
If Len(Application.Trim(Cells(i, 1))) 0 Then
Cells(i, 5) = Cells(i, 1)
Else
Cells(i, 5) = Cells(i, 1).End(xlToRight)
End If
Next i
End Sub

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Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Hans" wrote in message
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I have 4 columns with names, in some rows are none to 4 names. The names
appear random in any of the columns. It could look like this:
name1 name2
name3
name 4 name5

I want to get the first name that appears (from left to right) and put it
in
the fifth column, like this:
name1
name3
name4

I can't figure it out, any help is welcome

Assuming the data is in columns A thru D...
=IF(LEN(A1)<0,A1,IF(LEN(B1)<0,B1,IF(LEN(C1)<0,C 1,D1)))
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Hope this helps.
If it does, please click the Yes button.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Gary Brown



"Hans" wrote:

I have 4 columns with names, in some rows are none to 4 names. The names
appear random in any of the columns. It could look like this:
name1 name2
name3
name 4 name5

I want to get the first name that appears (from left to right) and put it in
the fifth column, like this:
name1
name3
name4

I can't figure it out, any help is welcome

=IF(COUNTA(1:1),INDEX(1:1,MATCH("*",1:1,0)),"")


"Hans" wrote:

I have 4 columns with names, in some rows are none to 4 names. The names
appear random in any of the columns. It could look like this:
name1 name2
name3
name 4 name5

I want to get the first name that appears (from left to right) and put it in
the fifth column, like this:
name1
name3
name4

I can't figure it out, any help is welcome