Formula to pull cell from rightmost column with data (knowing row number)

Question

Is there a formula that I can use to pull a number from the rightmost column with data? The row will never change and length of the column range is already predefined. I will just be adding data in each column over time and would like the most recent number to appear in a separate cell.

Thanks,

Answer 1

Yes, you can do that. If you input data in row 1, you can use:

=INDEX(1:1,MATCH(9^99,1:1,1))

Or

=LOOKUP(9^99,1:1)

To get the most recent number . Those won't work with text, but you can replace 9^99 with zzz for text.

If you can have a number larger than the result of 9^99 though, you need to pick a higher number in the above formulae.

Answer 2

对于第3行，假设最后一列的数据没有空白：

=INDEX(3:3,1,COUNTA(3:3))

Answer 3

This one works for numbers and strings and ignores blanks. It's an array formula, so must be entered with ctrl-shift-enter:

=INDEX(2:2,MAX((2:2<>"")*(COLUMN(2:2))))