Need last 4 digit

Total confusion. Please explain WHY 1238 is your expected answer!!

That makes absolutely no sense at all.

I thought (at first) you meant you wanted the last four digits to appear for the first time... which would be 4,0, 1 & 9.

I can see absolutely NO pattern which would give 1,2,3 8 as an answer. You will have to try again to explain.

dear glenn kennedy
now you can better understand with my problem.
pls find new attached file.
thanks

With a helper:
=LOOKUP(2,1/($A$2:$A$22=COLUMNS($D13:D13)-1),ROW($A$2:$A$22))

copied across,

=INDEX(ROW($1:$10)-1,MATCH(LARGE($D$13:$M$13,{7,8,9,10}),$D$13:$M$13,0))You seem to be using an older version of Excel than me. So, please refer to the attached file. If the formulae are enclosed within a pair of { }, these are array formulae.

These are a little different from ordinary formulae in that they MUST be confirmed in the FIRST CELL ONLY by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to activate the array, not just ENTER. After that, the array can be dragged down as normal, to cover the desired range.

You will know the array is active when you see the curly brackets { } appear around the outside of your formula. If you do not use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER you will (almost always) get an error message or an incorrect answer. Press F2 on that cell and try again.

Don't type the curly brackets yourself - it won't work...

Well, no. I did NOT skip it. All you need to do iscahange the bits in red:


=LOOKUP(2,1/($A$2:$A$22=COLUMNS($D13:D13)-1),ROW($A$2:$A$22))

to suit. Alternatively, you could use a dynamic named range (CTRL-F3), here called "Range", using:

$A$2:INDEX($A:$A,MATCH(10^100,$A:$A))

to auto-adjust the formula, which then becomes:

=LOOKUP(2,1/(Range=COLUMNS($D13:D13)-1),ROW(Range))

You're welcome.

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It would be very nice if you were to just click the Add Reputation button at the foot of any of the posts of members who helped you reach a solution.

Finally, if that takes care of your original question, please select "Thread Tools" from the menu link above and mark this thread as SOLVED.

look my sample file and solve

Which file? In what way does my formula NOT work?

Also... a "Please" is nicer than a command!!!

So... In your FIRST post you said you had A list (singular). Now you tell us that you have MULTIPLE lists.

That was a very major gap in the information you were giving us, don't you think??

So.. just how many lists DO you have?

Now I am completely confused. What are columns B, C, D & E if they are NOT four lists?

Back again....

1. Some of your numbers are TEXT that look like numbers. This is a common problem. Select column A. Data/Text to numbers/Finish. repeat for columns B, C & D separately. It has been done on this sheet. it's always a good idea to check that if you increase the decial places.... that they do change!!

2. 4 Named ranges, one for each column, as previously. In I2, an array fromula, coped across and down:

=INDEX(ROW($1:$10)-1,MATCH(SMALL($O2:$X2,COLUMNS($I2:I2)),$O2:$X2,0))

The formulae in the file are enclosed within a pair of { }, these are array formulae.

These are a little different from ordinary formulae in that they MUST be confirmed in the FIRST CELL ONLY by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to activate the array, not just ENTER. After that, the array can be dragged down as normal, to cover the desired range.

You will know the array is active when you see the curly brackets { } appear around the outside of your formula. If you do not use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER you will (almost always) get an error message or an incorrect answer. Press F2 on that cell and try again.

Don't type the curly brackets yourself - it won't work...

Add more (real) numbers at the foot of the table and the results will update.

You're welcome.

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It would be very nice if you were to just click the Add Reputation button at the foot of any of the posts of members who helped you reach a solution.

Finally, if that takes care of your original question, please select "Thread Tools" from the menu link above and mark this thread as SOLVED.

You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.