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Hi Tom,
Can you tell me if a formula exists that will return the farthest value to the right in a row? For example, I want the formula to be written in cell A1 and look at all cells to the right of A1. If there is some value in cells B1 through AC1, I want it to display the value in AC1. If on the next day additional data is entered in AD1 through AT1, then I want the formula to return the value in AT1.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jim
Answer
Jim,
will the values be numbers. If so you could use
=IF(COUNT(B1:IV1)=0,"",INDEX(B1:IV1,1,MATCH(9.999E+307,B1:IV1,1)))
worked for me with numbers. If it would be characters/text, post back. If Excel 97, change the IV1 to reflect the last column in the worksheet.
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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy
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Tom Ogilvy
Expertise
Worked with the program for many years - provided assistance on MS Excel Newsgroups since 1997. Have received the Microsoft MVP award annually since 1999. I don't answer questions on using Excel in a browser Since I have no way to test this. Prefer not to answer charting questions. I consider myself to be particularly knowledgeable about using VBA internal to Excel but have no problems with formulas and pivot tables either.
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Have Used Excel for 15 - 20 years. Answered in excess of 70,000 Excel related questions in MS Excel newsgroups. Unless obvious, please specify whether you want a worksheet function or macro/VBA solution.
Education/Credentials
BS General Engineering (concentration in Industrial Engineering)
MS Operations Research Systems Analysis
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