Find last number in a range

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I've been reading about the Last Numeric Value in a column and understand the concept, but why is

=ROUNDUP(COUNT(G1:INDEX(G:G,MATCH(BigNum,G:G)))*0.2,0)

better than

=ROUNDUP(COUNT(G:G)*0.2,0)

if you know there is nothing underneath the last value? Is it more efficient because of the mere fact it does not look down the entire column?
 

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I've been reading about the Last Numeric Value in a column and understand the concept, but why is

=ROUNDUP(COUNT(G1:INDEX(G:G,MATCH(BigNum,G:G)))*0.2,0)

better than

=ROUNDUP(COUNT(G:G)*0.2,0)

if you know there is nothing underneath the last value? Is it more efficient because of the mere fact it does not look down the entire column?

COUNT would check every cell for a number in column G following the second formula. The first COUNT does so only for the relevant cells in G.
 
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Thanks Aladin,

So for 2007 the count will search the entire column of over 1m cells no matter what.
 
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