Array Question: Return the first date when Row 2 exceeds Row 1

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Hello,
I'm trying to return the first date when the numbers in Row 2 exceed Row 3. I can see the first date is 2/1/15 (when 236,151>215,653), but i dont know how to write the formula.

Row 109/01/1410/01/1411/01/1412/01/1401/01/1502/01/1503/01/1504/01/1505/01/1506/01/1507/01/1508/01/15
Row 2 - - 9,962 75,058 140,210 236,151 302,123 303,614 303,661 304,876 306,308 307,814
Row 3 210,644 212,614 214,284 215,653 216,565 217,164 217,761 218,364 218,966 219,568

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Hello,
I'm trying to return the first date when the numbers in Row 2 exceed Row 3. I can see the first date is 2/1/15 (when 236,151>215,653), but i dont know how to write the formula.

Row 1
09/01/14
10/01/14
11/01/14
12/01/14
01/01/15
02/01/15
03/01/15
04/01/15
05/01/15
06/01/15
07/01/15
08/01/15
Row 2
-
-
9,962
75,058
140,210
236,151
302,123
303,614
303,661
304,876
306,308
307,814
Row 3
210,644
212,614
214,284
215,653
216,565
217,164
217,761
218,364
218,966
219,568

<TBODY>
</TBODY>


Thank you

You could do that with conditional formatting, but here is a macro snippet that will also do it.

Code:
Sub par()
Dim sh As Worksheet, rng As Range, lc As Long
Set sh = Sheets(1) 'Edit sheet name
lc = sh.Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
Set rng = Range(sh.Cells(2, 1), sh.Cells(2, lc))
For Each c In rng
If c > c.Offset(1, 0) Then
myCell = c.Offset(-1, 0)
MsgBox myCell
Exit For
End If
Next
End Sub
Code:
 
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Hello,
I'm trying to return the first date when the numbers in Row 2 exceed Row 3. I can see the first date is 2/1/15 (when 236,151>215,653), but i dont know how to write the formula.

Row 1
09/01/14
10/01/14
11/01/14
12/01/14
01/01/15
02/01/15
03/01/15
04/01/15
05/01/15
06/01/15
07/01/15
08/01/15
Row 2
-
-
9,962
75,058
140,210
236,151
302,123
303,614
303,661
304,876
306,308
307,814
Row 3
210,644
212,614
214,284
215,653
216,565
217,164
217,761
218,364
218,966
219,568

<TBODY>
</TBODY>


Thank you
Try this array formula**:

=INDEX(B1:F1,MATCH(TRUE,B2:F2>B3:F3,0))

** array formulas need to be entered using the key
combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER).
Hold down both the CTRL key and the SHIFT key
then hit ENTER.

Format the result as Date
 
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This is perfect. Thank you!

Try this array formula**:

=INDEX(B1:F1,MATCH(TRUE,B2:F2>B3:F3,0))

** array formulas need to be entered using the key
combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER).
Hold down both the CTRL key and the SHIFT key
then hit ENTER.

Format the result as Date
 
Upvote 0

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