last item in a column

Caius

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Hi there, it's me again, Excel n00b.

Just wondering if there's a formula for retrieving the last item in a column and then storing that value into another cell?

:hungry:
 
yup. like this...
Book3.xls
ABCD
123
25
36
410
53
69
73
84
Sheet5


formula is:

=INDEX(A:A,MATCH(9.9999999E+307,A:A)-1)

key is the -1.

hth
 
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Here's a challege, what if the data is horizontal instead of vertical? I used =HLOOKUP(9.99999999E+307,2:2,1) for the last item, but the -1 doesn't work in this situation.
 
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firefytr, would your solution work if the cell above was blank.

Is there any chance of that?

This was my effort - probably over kill
Book1
BCDE
1Numbers
25
37lastvalue6
42ndlast9
54
68
79
8
9
106
Sheet1
 
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njws said:
Here's a challege, what if the data is horizontal instead of vertical? I used =HLOOKUP(9.99999999E+307,2:2,1) for the last item, but the -1 doesn't work in this situation.

Try,

=LOOKUP(9.9999999999999E+307,2:2)-1
 
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GorD is right, as an alternative to his wonderful solution...
Book3.xls
BCDE
1Numbers
26
37lastvalue4
42ndlast7
54w/oOFFSET7
68
79
87
9
104
Sheet5


formula is:

=INDEX(B:B,MATCH(9.9999999999E+307,INDIRECT("b1:b"&MATCH(9.99999999E+307,B:B)-1)))

i just hate that OFFSET :diablo:
 
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njws said:
Using firefytr's formula is there a way to return the second to last value? I'm specifically interested in the numeric version.

Ultimate goal: Return the last value, the second to last value, and the change between the two.

Activate Insert|Name|Define.
Enter BigNum as name in the Names in Workbook box.
Enter the following uncrippled big number in the Refers to box:

9.99999999999999E+307

Click OK.

The following gives you the last numeric value in a range, referred to as Range...

=LOOKUP(BigNum,Range)

Range can be horizontal or vertical and definite like A2:A10 or B2:F2 or indefinite like A:A or 3:3.

The following will give you second last numeric value:

=LOOKUP(BigNum,INDEX(Range,MATCH(BigNum,Range)-1))
 
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