How to determine the rows where 2 equal numbers are in a column

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Fri 17 Mar 2017, 16:20 Delegate Rita said...

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How to determine the rows where 2 equal numbers are in a column

I have the following problem:

I have the following column in a table:

2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1

I need to find out the rows where the first and last "2" are. I can not change the table to sort it in ascending order.

I have used vlookup() to determine the first "2" but I don't know how to make excel look up this value starting on the last row and working its way to the first row. Can this be done? Or is there any other way I can find the row number where the last "2" is?

Thanks.

Tue 21 Mar 2017, 11:01 Trainer Jens said...

RE: How to determine the rows where 2 equal numbers are in a col

Hi Rita,

Thank you for the forum question.

You can do it using a combination of the Sumproduct, Max and Row function.

In the example below I have the numbers in the range A1:A13.

=SUMPRODUCT(MAX(ROW(1:13)*(A1:A13=2)))

If you want to find the row number for the first 2 you have in the range:

=MATCH(2,A1:A13,0)

Kind regards

Jens Bonde
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