I am trying to build a lookup table to extract the last
five entries in a list. As data is entered, I want the
table to update itself. Could someone point me in the
right direction?

Thank You.

why not use match to find the last row and then -1, -2,-3,-4 and then use
index for the column


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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ben" wrote in message
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I am trying to build a lookup table to extract the last
five entries in a list. As data is entered, I want the
table to update itself. Could someone point me in the
right direction?

Thank You.

One way:

Assume your list is in A1:Ax, with no blanks. The last 5 entries can be
returned by selecting 5 cells in another column and array-entering
(CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER or CMD-RETURN):

=OFFSET(A1,COUNTA(A:A)-5,0,5,1)

Note: this fails if there are less than 5 items in column A.

In article ,
"Ben" wrote:

I am trying to build a lookup table to extract the last
five entries in a list. As data is entered, I want the
table to update itself. Could someone point me in the
right direction?

Thank You.

Thank you. This is what I have so far:

=INDEX(SALES,MATCH(TODAY(),SALE_DATE,1),MATCH
(O4,O13:T13,0))

This works fine for the last entry. I now need the next
previous entry, which may have the same date. Any help?

Thank You.


-----Original Message-----
why not use match to find the last row and then -1, -2,-
3,-4 and then use
index for the column


--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ben" wrote in
message
...
I am trying to build a lookup table to extract the last
five entries in a list. As data is entered, I want the
table to update itself. Could someone point me in the
right direction?

Thank You.


.

Thank you. This is what I have so far:

=INDEX(SALES,MATCH(TODAY(),SALE_DATE,1),MATCH
(O4,O13:T13,0))

This works fine for the last entry. I now need the next
previous entry, which may have the same date. Any help?

Thank You.


-----Original Message-----
why not use match to find the last row and then -1, -2,-
3,-4 and then use
index for the column


--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ben" wrote in
message
...
I am trying to build a lookup table to extract the last
five entries in a list. As data is entered, I want the
table to update itself. Could someone point me in the
right direction?

Thank You.

try just adding -1 between last ))

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ben" wrote in message
...


Thank you. This is what I have so far:

=INDEX(SALES,MATCH(TODAY(),SALE_DATE,1),MATCH
(O4,O13:T13,0))

This works fine for the last entry. I now need the next
previous entry, which may have the same date. Any help?

Thank You.


-----Original Message-----
why not use match to find the last row and then -1, -2,-
3,-4 and then use
index for the column


--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ben" wrote in
message
...
I am trying to build a lookup table to extract the last
five entries in a list. As data is entered, I want the
table to update itself. Could someone point me in the
right direction?

Thank You.

I tried this. Doesn't work. How would I make the second
formula remain the same but not equal the results of the
first?

TIA
Ben
-----Original Message-----
try just adding -1 between last ))

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ben" wrote in
message
...


Thank you. This is what I have so far:

=INDEX(SALES,MATCH(TODAY(),SALE_DATE,1),MATCH
(O4,O13:T13,0))

This works fine for the last entry. I now need the next
previous entry, which may have the same date. Any help?

Thank You.


-----Original Message-----
why not use match to find the last row and then -1, -
2,-
3,-4 and then use
index for the column


--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ben" wrote in
message
...
I am trying to build a lookup table to extract the
last
five entries in a list. As data is entered, I want
the
table to update itself. Could someone point me in
the
right direction?

Thank You.




.

I tried this. Doesn't work. How would I make the second
formula remain the same but not equal the results of the
first?

TIA
Ben
-----Original Message-----
try just adding -1 between last ))

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ben" wrote in
message
...


Thank you. This is what I have so far:

=INDEX(SALES,MATCH(TODAY(),SALE_DATE,1),MATCH
(O4,O13:T13,0))

This works fine for the last entry. I now need the next
previous entry, which may have the same date. Any help?

Thank You.


-----Original Message-----
why not use match to find the last row and then -1, -
2,-
3,-4 and then use
index for the column


--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ben" wrote in
message
...
I am trying to build a lookup table to extract the
last
five entries in a list. As data is entered, I want
the
table to update itself. Could someone point me in
the
right direction?

Thank You.




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