How do I use "column" function to get the column number of the firstcell matching criteria?

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Filip Houdek

I want to find the column number of the first cell containing a number
greater than a specified number. How would I do this?
Example: Row A1-E1 contains 5 10 15 20 25, and I want to find the
column number of the first cell greater than 10. This would be cell
C1, so I want the result "3".
 
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Claus Busch

Hi,

Am Tue, 1 May 2012 22:07:06 -0700 (PDT) schrieb Filip Houdek:
I want to find the column number of the first cell containing a number
greater than a specified number. How would I do this?
Example: Row A1-E1 contains 5 10 15 20 25, and I want to find the
column number of the first cell greater than 10. This would be cell
C1, so I want the result "3".
Click to expand...

try:
=MATCH(LARGE(A1:E1,COUNTIF(A1:E1,">"&10)),A1:E1,0)


Regards
Claus Busch
 

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