removing blank at bottom of dynamic named range

In my combo boxes where they are populated with a dynamic named range, there is an blank space at the bottom. On my combo boxes populated with my named ranges (not dynamic), there is no space - so I'm thinking my formula in my name manger may not be quite right.

For one dynamic range, the range begins in B2, and continues the next cell down column B for an unspecified number of cells. For Range1, for example, the formula in the name manger is:

Formula:

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How do I get it to remove the blank when this range is called?

Try using the below to define your dynamic range:

=Worksheet2!$B$2:INDEX(Worksheet2!$B:$B,COUNTA(Worksheet2!$B:$B))

Nope... I did try that just in case, but I think the '1' at the end is the syntax for the OFFSET formula is the Width (# of columns), which in my case, should be left at 1 for only a single column. Thanks though!

It could be the in the way my VBA code populates the combo box, but I thought I'd try here first.

Personally I would always use the INDEX approach to dynamic ranges over OFFSET as the latter is volatile and therefore recalculates at every change.

As for your specific issue with the one blank in your list, perhaps it would be easier to solve if you posted a workbook. Make sure it's sanitised of sensitive information.

@BadlySpelledBuoy

I totally missed that you used INDEX and not OFFSET - my bad... still didn't work (though it my not be the formula per se, as I got some weird VBA errors).

@ChemistB

I'll try that...

Originally Posted by ChemistB

In the COUNTA portion, are you counting the headers or some other input? If so, then subtract 1 from that portion or change the range (i.e. B2:B500). If it is consistently off by 1, even if you can't figure it out, you can fix it with the

COUNTA('Worksheet2'!$B:$B)-1

It may be counting the header in Row 1, as the OFFSET formula specified '$B$2' but the COUNTA formula just said '$B' ...anyway, this worked:

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Thanks.