find first and last non blank number in a row and then lookup!

[welly_music]

Hi there.

Cant work this out for the life of me!

Data =

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
1 Jan14 Feb14 Mar14 Apr14 May14 Jun14 etc
2 0 0 2 5 8 0 0 0 0
3 Mar14 May14

In Row 1 I have dates as above, and in Row 2 I have numbers. I want to work out when the first non zero number occurs (ie Mar14) and then the last non zero number occurs (ie May14), and then populate the results in C1 & C2 (as shown in red!)

Thanks!!

 

[JackDanIce]

There are probably formulae that can do this for you but I'm not sure what. If you're after a macro solution, then try:

Sub FindDate()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim i As Long
 
i = 1
Do While Cells(2, i) = 0
    i = i + 1
Loop
Range("A3") = Cells(1, i).Value
 
i = Range("A2").End(xlToRight).Column
Do While Cells(2, i) = 0
   i = i - 1
Loop
Range("B3") = Cells(1, i).Value
 
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

 

[Sandeep Warrier]

<b>Excel 2010</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #BBB"><colgroup><col width="10px" style="background-color: #DAE7F5" /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th><th>D</th><th>E</th><th>F</th><th>G</th><th>H</th><th>I</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Jan-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Feb-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Mar-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Apr-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;">May-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Jun-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Jul-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Aug-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Sep-14</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">5</td><td style="text-align: right;;">8</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Mar-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;">May-14</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #BBB;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #BBB"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120">B3</th><td style="text-align:left">=LOOKUP(<font color="Blue">2,1/(<font color="Red">$A$2:$I$2<>0</font>),$A$1:$I$1</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Array Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #BBB"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120">A3</th><td style="text-align:left">{=INDEX(<font color="Blue">$A$1:$I$1,MATCH(<font color="Red">TRUE,$A$2:$I$2>0,0</font>)</font>)}</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.</b> If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
<b>Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself</b></td></tr></table><br />

 

[welly_music]

Sandeep,

Thankyou so much!