I need a formula or array that will look up the last time a specific
thing occured.

A1:A1000 has the date it occured
B1:B1000 has the thing that occured

A1001 is where I want the formula or array to display the answer
B1001 will be the occurance I enter to be looked up

Thanks, John


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Hi!

Array entered:

=MAX(IF(B1:B1000=B1001,A1:A1000))

Format as DATE

Biff

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I need a formula or array that will look up the last time a specific
thing occured.

A1:A1000 has the date it occured
B1:B1000 has the thing that occured

A1001 is where I want the formula or array to display the answer
B1001 will be the occurance I enter to be looked up

Thanks, John


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Care to provide a tiny sample along with the expected result?

Reignman wrote:
I need a formula or array that will look up the last time a specific
thing occured.

A1:A1000 has the date it occured
B1:B1000 has the thing that occured

A1001 is where I want the formula or array to display the answer
B1001 will be the occurance I enter to be looked up

Thanks, John