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Vicky
Can someone give me a function to use so that the cell at the bottom of a
column equals the last nonblank cell above in that column?
column equals the last nonblank cell above in that column?
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T. Valko
The best solution to this depends on many conditions. Among those are:
What type of data is in the range, is it text or numeric, or can it be both?
Are there any empty/blanks cells *within* the range?
Are there any formulas in the range that might return formula blanks?
As a starting point you can try something like this. Assumes no empty/blank
cells within the range:
=IF(COUNTA(A1:A10),INDEX(A1:A10,COUNTA(A1:A10)),"")
What type of data is in the range, is it text or numeric, or can it be both?
Are there any empty/blanks cells *within* the range?
Are there any formulas in the range that might return formula blanks?
As a starting point you can try something like this. Assumes no empty/blank
cells within the range:
=IF(COUNTA(A1:A10),INDEX(A1:A10,COUNTA(A1:A10)),"")
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Vicky
There are formulas in the cells above. The formulas results in a number
based upon the "If" condition in the formulas, else it returns a blank value
in the cell. Here is a sample of one of the formulas in a cell in the column
above...
=IF(AND(W16<>"",(COUNTA($W$3:W15)>0)-(COUNTBLANK($W$3:W15)),(COUNTA($W17:W$22)=0)-COUNTBLANK($W17:W$22)),$F16,"")
based upon the "If" condition in the formulas, else it returns a blank value
in the cell. Here is a sample of one of the formulas in a cell in the column
above...
=IF(AND(W16<>"",(COUNTA($W$3:W15)>0)-(COUNTBLANK($W$3:W15)),(COUNTA($W17:W$22)=0)-COUNTBLANK($W17:W$22)),$F16,"")
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T. Valko
This will return the *last numeric value* in the range:
=IF(COUNT(A1:A10),LOOKUP(1E100,A1:A10),"")
=IF(COUNT(A1:A10),LOOKUP(1E100,A1:A10),"")
V
Vicky
Thank you so much! This worked. I have yet to understand how LOOKUP works.
Maybe in time I will.
Maybe in time I will.
T
T. Valko
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!
How LOOKUP works:
The way that LOOKUP works is if the lookup_value is greater than all the
values in the lookup_vector it will match the *last* value in the
lookup_vector that is less than the lookup_value.
To ensure that the lookup_value is greater than all the values in the
lookup_vector we use an arbitrary number that is guaranteed to meet this
condition. In this case the lookup_value is 1E100, 1 followed by 100 zeros.
There's a pretty good chance that no number in your range will be greater
than that so the formula returns the *last numeric* value in the range.
How LOOKUP works:
The way that LOOKUP works is if the lookup_value is greater than all the
values in the lookup_vector it will match the *last* value in the
lookup_vector that is less than the lookup_value.
To ensure that the lookup_value is greater than all the values in the
lookup_vector we use an arbitrary number that is guaranteed to meet this
condition. In this case the lookup_value is 1E100, 1 followed by 100 zeros.
There's a pretty good chance that no number in your range will be greater
than that so the formula returns the *last numeric* value in the range.