lookup latest entered match

I am trying to lookup the last entry of a name in an array. For example:

A B C
1 Fred 5 1/5/05
2 Barbey 4 1/6/06
3 Betty 10 2/12/06
4 Fred 7 5/15/06
5 Wilma 7 6/1/06
6 Dino 2 6/12/06

=vlookup("Fred",a1:c4,3,1) will only give me the first "Fred" date (1/5/05)
in column C. I am looking for a way to return the last entered "Fred".

One way (array entered, must confirm w/Control+Shift+Enter)

=INDEX(C1:C6,LARGE((A1:A6="fred")*ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&ROWS(A1:A6))),1))

If you have more than two matches and want to return one in between,
changing the 1 at the end (second argument of the LARGE function) to 2 will
return the second to last, etc. You can also change LARGE to SMALL (it works
the same way, but will start counting from the beginning of your data).


"Smugga" wrote:

> I am trying to lookup the last entry of a name in an array. For example:
>
> A B C
> 1 Fred 5 1/5/05
> 2 Barbey 4 1/6/06
> 3 Betty 10 2/12/06
> 4 Fred 7 5/15/06
> 5 Wilma 7 6/1/06
> 6 Dino 2 6/12/06
>
> =vlookup("Fred",a1:c4,3,1) will only give me the first "Fred" date (1/5/05)
> in column C. I am looking for a way to return the last entered "Fred".

Assuming that A2:C7 contains the data, try...

=LOOKUP(2,1/(A2:A7="Fred"),C2:C7)

Hope this helps!

In article <89CB1072-0ABC-42BA-9B2F-B3ECBB08DBD1@microsoft.com>,
Smugga <Smugga@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I am trying to lookup the last entry of a name in an array. For example:
>
> A B C
> 1 Fred 5 1/5/05
> 2 Barbey 4 1/6/06
> 3 Betty 10 2/12/06
> 4 Fred 7 5/15/06
> 5 Wilma 7 6/1/06
> 6 Dino 2 6/12/06
>
> =vlookup("Fred",a1:c4,3,1) will only give me the first "Fred" date (1/5/05)
> in column C. I am looking for a way to return the last entered "Fred".

It almost answers the question. I would like the date returned, and not
Fred... What I am searching for is the last time (date) that Fred was entered.
-G

"Domenic" wrote:

> Assuming that A2:C7 contains the data, try...
>
> =LOOKUP(2,1/(A2:A7="Fred"),C2:C7)
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> In article <89CB1072-0ABC-42BA-9B2F-B3ECBB08DBD1@microsoft.com>,
> Smugga <Smugga@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to lookup the last entry of a name in an array. For example:
> >
> > A B C
> > 1 Fred 5 1/5/05
> > 2 Barbey 4 1/6/06
> > 3 Betty 10 2/12/06
> > 4 Fred 7 5/15/06
> > 5 Wilma 7 6/1/06
> > 6 Dino 2 6/12/06
> >
> > =vlookup("Fred",a1:c4,3,1) will only give me the first "Fred" date (1/5/05)
> > in column C. I am looking for a way to return the last entered "Fred".
>

Have you tried the formula? The formula will find the last instance of
'Fred', which in your example would be Row 4, and return the
corresponding value in Column C, which in your example would be 5/15/06.

In article <34E8013B-99AB-45FE-8682-C7952D30EB55@microsoft.com>,
Smugga <Smugga@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> It almost answers the question. I would like the date returned, and not
> Fred... What I am searching for is the last time (date) that Fred was
> entered.
> -G
>
> "Domenic" wrote:
>
> > Assuming that A2:C7 contains the data, try...
> >
> > =LOOKUP(2,1/(A2:A7="Fred"),C2:C7)
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > In article <89CB1072-0ABC-42BA-9B2F-B3ECBB08DBD1@microsoft.com>,
> > Smugga <Smugga@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to lookup the last entry of a name in an array. For example:
> > >
> > > A B C
> > > 1 Fred 5 1/5/05
> > > 2 Barbey 4 1/6/06
> > > 3 Betty 10 2/12/06
> > > 4 Fred 7 5/15/06
> > > 5 Wilma 7 6/1/06
> > > 6 Dino 2 6/12/06
> > >
> > > =vlookup("Fred",a1:c4,3,1) will only give me the first "Fred" date
> > > (1/5/05)
> > > in column C. I am looking for a way to return the last entered "Fred".
> >

Thanks Domenic! It works.

-Smugga

"Domenic" wrote:

> Assuming that A2:C7 contains the data, try...
>
> =LOOKUP(2,1/(A2:A7="Fred"),C2:C7)
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> In article <89CB1072-0ABC-42BA-9B2F-B3ECBB08DBD1@microsoft.com>,
> Smugga <Smugga@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to lookup the last entry of a name in an array. For example:
> >
> > A B C
> > 1 Fred 5 1/5/05
> > 2 Barbey 4 1/6/06
> > 3 Betty 10 2/12/06
> > 4 Fred 7 5/15/06
> > 5 Wilma 7 6/1/06
> > 6 Dino 2 6/12/06
> >
> > =vlookup("Fred",a1:c4,3,1) will only give me the first "Fred" date (1/5/05)
> > in column C. I am looking for a way to return the last entered "Fred".
>