I have two column A and B. Column A contains ascending numbers from 1 to 100,
column B contains arbitrary values. What is the function that looks for the
first nonzero value in column B (going from the frist to the last row) and
returns the value of column A of the same row.

One way:

=MIN(IF(B1:B100<0,ROW(B1:B100)))

Array-entered, meaning press ctrl/shift/enter.

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

-----Original Message-----
I have two column A and B. Column A contains ascending
numbers from 1 to 100,
column B contains arbitrary values. What is the function
that looks for the
first nonzero value in column B (going from the frist to
the last row) and
returns the value of column A of the same row.
.

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 05:19:01 -0800, "DAVID"
wrote:

I have two column A and B. Column A contains ascending numbers from 1 to 100,
column B contains arbitrary values. What is the function that looks for the
first nonzero value in column B (going from the frist to the last row) and
returns the value of column A of the same row.

See answer in your other posting.


--ron