Selecting the last value of a column

Question

I have a spreadsheet with some values in column G. Some cells are empty in between, and I need to get the last value from that column into another cell.

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Answer 1

This gets the last value and handles empty values:

=INDEX(  FILTER( H:H ; NOT(ISBLANK(H:H))) ; ROWS( FILTER( H:H ; NOT(ISBLANK(H:H)) ) ) )

Answer 2

In order to return the last value from a column of text values you need to use COUNTA, so you would need this formula:

=INDEX(G2:G; COUNTA(G2:G))

Answer 3

Actually I found a simpler solution here:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=20f1741a2e663bca&hl=en

It looks like this:

=FILTER( A10:A100 , ROW(A10:A100) =MAX( FILTER( ArrayFormula(ROW(A10:A100)) , NOT(ISBLANK(A10:A100)))))

Answer 4

Regarding @Jon_Schneider's comment, if the column has blank cells just use COUNTA()

=INDEX(G2:G; COUNT**A**(G2:G))

Answer 5

Is it acceptable to answer the original question with a strictly off topic answer:) You can write a formula in the spreadsheet to do this. Ugly perhaps? but effective in the normal operating of a spreadsheet.

=indirect("R"&ArrayFormula(max((G:G<>"")*row(G:G)))&"C"&7)


(G:G<>"") gives an array of true false values representing non-empty/empty cells
(G:G<>"")*row(G:G) gives an array of row numbers with zeros where cell is empty
max((G:G<>"")*row(G:G)) is the last non-empty cell in G

This is offered as a thought for a range of questions in the script area that could be delivered reliably with array formulas which have the advantage of often working in similar fashion in excel and openoffice.