Display the address of the last non-empty cell (if values are not unique)

Question

I have the following Excel spreadsheet:

             A                             B       C      D      E       F

1 |                                     |         


        

Answer 1

You can use the following array formula:

= ADDRESS(ROW(B2),MAX(COLUMN(2:2)*NOT(ISBLANK(2:2))))

This returns the address of the last non-empty cell in the 2nd row.

Note this is an array formula, so you muse press Ctrl+Shift+Enter on the keyboard when entering this formula rather than just pressing Enter.

I agree with @ScottCraner that returning the address usually isn't useful. If you are planning on using this value, as part of another formula, you should not do this:

= INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(B2),MAX(COLUMN(2:2)*NOT(ISBLANK(2:2)))))

Instead, skip using INDIRECT and ADDRESS altogether and instead use INDEX to get the value in that cell, i.e.

= INDEX(2:2,MAX(COLUMN(2:2)*NOT(ISBLANK(2:2)))))