find last cell in range with data, display cell address

[Guest]

Hi,

I have scoured these posts but haven't quite found what I'm looking for,
hopefully someone can help....

Is it possible to write a formula that will search a range (D18:V18), find
the last cell in that range with data, then show the cell address, not the
value of the cell, in a different cell? I have been thinking that maybe I
will need an array formula, or at worst, a macro or VBA?

Any response will be greatly appreciated.

sevi

 

[T. Valko]

find the last cell in that range with data

What is the data type? Is it TEXT or NUMERIC or is it a mixture of BOTH? Are
there any formulas in this range that return blanks? Do you want to include
these blanks as data?

Assuming the data type is TEXT and there are no formulas in the range that
return blanks:

=IF(COUNTA(D18:V18),ADDRESS(18,MATCH(REPT("z",255),D18:V18)+3,4),"")

 

[Guest]

hi Biff,

thank you for your prompt reply. in answer to your question; the data is
numeric and there are formulas in the range but not to return blanks. the
formula that would be in the last populated cell would be =(9-SUM(XXX:XXX))
I hope this clarifies things a little

thanks again for taking the time to help with this

regards,
sevi

 

[RagDyeR]

Try this:

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(LOOKUP(99^99,D18:V18),D18:V18))

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HTH,

RD
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hi Biff,

thank you for your prompt reply. in answer to your question; the data is
numeric and there are formulas in the range but not to return blanks. the
formula that would be in the last populated cell would be =(9-SUM(XXX:XXX))
I hope this clarifies things a little

thanks again for taking the time to help with this

regards,
sevi

 

[RagDyeR]

FWIW -
This cell reference is *Text*
And can't be used in other formulas for calculation purposes, just for
display purposes.

Must be wrapped in Indirect() to use in calculations.
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HTH,

RD
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Try this:

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(LOOKUP(99^99,D18:V18),D18:V18))

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HTH,

RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
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hi Biff,

thank you for your prompt reply. in answer to your question; the data is
numeric and there are formulas in the range but not to return blanks. the
formula that would be in the last populated cell would be =(9-SUM(XXX:XXX))
I hope this clarifies things a little

thanks again for taking the time to help with this

regards,
sevi

 

[T. Valko]

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(LOOKUP(99^99,D18:V18),D18:V18))

Try that with these values:

D18 = 29
E18 = 41
G18 = 36

Try it like this:

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18))

Since we saved a few keystrokes by eliminating the LOOKUP call we can add
some robustness <g>:

=IF(COUNT(D18:V18),ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18)),"")

We don't really need the $$ signs do we? Even if you want to use that
address in another formula you'd have to reference it with INDIRECT and the
$$ signs are superfluous to INDIRECT.

=IF(COUNT(D18:V18),ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18),4),"")

 

[RagDyeR]

I forgot the "exact" argument:

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(LOOKUP(99^99,D18:V18),D18:V18,0))

BUT ... I like yours better:

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18))

And I usually wait for the OP's comments before adding too much
"robustness".<g>

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RD
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=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(LOOKUP(99^99,D18:V18),D18:V18))

Try that with these values:

D18 = 29
E18 = 41
G18 = 36

Try it like this:

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18))

Since we saved a few keystrokes by eliminating the LOOKUP call we can add
some robustness <g>:

=IF(COUNT(D18:V18),ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18)),"")

We don't really need the $$ signs do we? Even if you want to use that
address in another formula you'd have to reference it with INDIRECT and the
$$ signs are superfluous to INDIRECT.

=IF(COUNT(D18:V18),ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18),4),"")

 

[T. Valko]

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(LOOKUP(99^99,D18:V18),D18:V18,0))

That could choke if the last value was duplicated in the range:

...D....E....F...G....H
10...22........15...10

 

[RagDyeR]

Why do you think I said I like yours better?<bg>
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=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(LOOKUP(99^99,D18:V18),D18:V18,0))

That could choke if the last value was duplicated in the range:

...D....E....F...G....H
10...22........15...10

 

[T. Valko]

It could be "worse". If Harlan was critiquing this thread he would also
point out that it's more efficient to use a constant rather than a
calculated lookup_value:

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18))

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(1E10,D18:V18))

And If Aladin were critiquing this thread he would "complain" about not
using 9.99999999999999E+307 as the constant.

And if Domenic were critiquing this thread he would calculate both the row
argument and the column offset so that the formula would be robust against
row/column insertions.

So, no matter what you do ............

 

[RagDyeR]

Yeah ! ! !

Ain't XL wonderful?<bg>
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Regards,

RD
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It could be "worse". If Harlan was critiquing this thread he would also
point out that it's more efficient to use a constant rather than a
calculated lookup_value:

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18))

=ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(1E10,D18:V18))

And If Aladin were critiquing this thread he would "complain" about not
using 9.99999999999999E+307 as the constant.

And if Domenic were critiquing this thread he would calculate both the row
argument and the column offset so that the formula would be robust against
row/column insertions.

So, no matter what you do ............

 

[Guest]

thank you! that is just the ticket. I realise I might be taking advantage of
your good nature (and your considerable knowledge of Excel) but now i need to
find a formula that will take the numeric value from that cell and use it in
a summing function. i have been tooling around with INDIRECT but as I am
pretty much a novice I haven't had much luck.

any help you could provide would be greatly apprectiated.

 

[RagDyeR]

You really don't want to use the address.

Simply use the *last* number:

=Lookup(99^99,D18:V18)

Which will return the *same* value as:

=INDIRECT(ADDRESS(18,3+MATCH(99^99,D18:V18)))
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HTH,

RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
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thank you! that is just the ticket. I realise I might be taking advantage of
your good nature (and your considerable knowledge of Excel) but now i need
to
find a formula that will take the numeric value from that cell and use it in
a summing function. i have been tooling around with INDIRECT but as I am
pretty much a novice I haven't had much luck.

any help you could provide would be greatly apprectiated.

 

[Guest]

thanks heaps RD,

very helpful as always.

regards,

sevi

 

[RagDyer]

Appreciate the feed-back.