Incorrect random results from formula, why?

Titian

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Please take a look at the following example. I expect to get in column "C" the last (rightmost) cell along the row, however I am getting random incorrect results often and I don't know why.

Excel Workbook
CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
2Week Number1234567891011121314
304.Apr.1320132013201320132013201320132013201320132013201320132013
4Last04.Jan11.Jan18.Jan25.Jan01.Feb08.Feb15.Feb22.Feb01.Mar08.Mar15.Mar22.Mar29.Mar05.Apr
513.Mar*******19.Feb**13.Mar***
6***************
7***************
801.Feb****01.Feb*********
9***************
10***************
1128.Mar************28.Mar*
12***************
1304.Jan04.Jan*************
14***************
15***************
1622.Jan02.Jan**22.Jan**********
17***************
1826.Mar*****05.Feb14.Feb***11.Mar*26.Mar*
1926.Mar**************
Area 4


The formula in cell "C19" is returning the wrong result, it ought to be blank as there are no populated cells to right.
Any help appreciated
 
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Excel Facts

VLOOKUP to Left?
Use =VLOOKUP(A2,CHOOSE({1,2},$Z$1:$Z$99,$Y$1:$Y$99),2,False) to lookup Y values to left of Z values.
That's a quite horrible formula for what you are doing - if you are on xl2007+ I would use this:

=IFERROR(LOOKUP(2,1/(D19:Q19<>""),D19:Q19),"")

or perhaps earlier this:

=IF(ISNA(LOOKUP(2,1/(D19:Q19<>""),D19:Q19)),"",LOOKUP(2,1/(D19:Q19<>""),D19:Q19))
 
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Thanks Firefly, I'm using 2007 so I have implemented your first formula above.

It works well - thanks for your help.
 
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