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    Range.Find function fails to find a match but For loop confirms that match exists

    The attached file has a list of numeric constants in A1:A10. The VBA code in module Failure uses the Range.Find method to find the maximum value in this range but the result is Nothing. However, I wrote a small function that loops through the range and it correctly finds the desired value.

    I have never seen this behavior for Find. Am I on double-secret probation and it won't work for me?

    I have attached the file but for a quick look here is the code.

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    Using Find: not found!
    Using FindValue: Found in $A$4
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    Have you tried using some of the other arguments Find used, eg After?
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    Re: Range.Find function fails to find a match but For loop confirms that match exists

    try with LookIn:=xlFormulas
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    Re: Range.Find function fails to find a match but For loop confirms that match exists

    Change this line of code

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    Re: Range.Find function fails to find a match but For loop confirms that match exists

    Quite surprisingly, changing xlValues to xlFormulas causes it to work. I cannot understand why; this is a complaint I have about Microsoft's documentation for functions like this. It is not sufficiently comprehensive and precise.

    However, my attachment is a boiled-down version of another file where the search range is formulas; in my version I did a Paste Values to get constants. When I modify the file to make these formulas, it no longer works, no matter whether I used xlValues or xlFormulas. See attached.

    Norie, I have reviewed all available arguments and have tried all the ones that makes sense for this situation (I started out with only What). I have not used After because the documentation says

    Quote Originally Posted by Microsoft
    If you do no [sic] specify this argument, the search starts after the cell in the upper-left corner of the range.
    When I explicitly provide After it still doesn't work. Other arguments are:

    SearchOrder: Search order doesn't matter for this search. There is only one column being searched.
    SearchDirection: Search direction doesn't matter for this search. There is only one matching value; normally you use this when you want to find the first match in a particular direction.
    MatchCase: Doesn't apply to numeric data
    MatchByte: Doesn't apply to numeric data
    SearchFormat: No search format is specified, this doesn't apply. (Very poorly documented, see above link)
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    Re: Range.Find function fails to find a match but For loop confirms that match exists

    sktneer, that changed worked--sort of. It worked, then I changed the format of the cells to show more decimal places and it stopped working. Does Find look at what is displayed rather than the underlying stored value?

    What I really need is a very rigorous specification for Find and Microsoft just doesn't seem to be have it.

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