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    Need a formula that looks for last column

    I'm trying to write a formula that will take the data from Sheet 2 of my weekly dashboard and place it in the appropriate cells in Sheet 1. This would be easy but the tricky part is that every week I add a new column on Sheet 2 so I really need a formula in Sheet 1 that looks for the last column in Sheet 2 to pull through the data.

    I'm having problems uploading to the forum so here's the example file:

    http://goo.gl/kFtkl

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    Re: Need a formula that looks for last column

    Hi

    Your columns have numbers or text?
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    Re: Need a formula that looks for last column

    numbers

    thanks

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    Re: Need a formula that looks for last column

    You can get the last (rightmost) number from sheet1 row 2 with this formula

    =LOOKUP(9.99E+307,Sheet1!2:2)
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    Re: Need a formula that looks for last column

    daddylonglegs, I think you're on the right track but it's not working in my situation. Can you try with my example workbook?

    http://goo.gl/kFtkl

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    Re: Need a formula that looks for last column

    To all: I found my answer using this formula:
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    Re: Need a formula that looks for last column

    You should be able to do that more simply with LOOKUP as per my suggestion

    =LOOKUP(9.99E+307,'sheet 2'!7:7)

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    Re: Need a formula that looks for last column

    Hey on a related note: does anyone know how to write a similar formula to auto-update Sparkline graphs based on the addition of a new column in the worksheet?

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    Re: Need a formula that looks for last column

    You should post a new question in a different thread.

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