find first non blank cell and return cell in top row in that column

42dcp

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Suppose you have a table with the days of the week on the top row and the names of different people in the first column. Suppose a 7 by 7 table of data with numbers randomly in there with several cells blank. What is a formula for each person that tells the day of the week for the first non blank cell? And maybe the last too?
 

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maybe something like...

Excel 2012
ABCDEFGHI
1SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
2Joe3Monday
3Mary32Tuesday
4Pete2Wednesday
5Mike22Tuesday
6Sam222Sunday
7Molly22Wednesday

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
</tbody>
Sheet6

Worksheet Formulas
CellFormula
I2=INDEX($B$1:$H$1,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX($B2:$H2<>"",1,0),0))

<thead>
</thead><tbody>
</tbody>

<tbody>
</tbody>
 
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