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filling intermittent  blank cells with last value

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john - 10 Dec 2003 14:00 GMT
I have a number of columns of data.

All cells in a column are filled intermittently.

How do you fill cells with the last value shown.
Jon Peltier - 10 Dec 2003 17:57 GMT
Hi John -

Assuming your data goes from row 2 to at most row 1000, insert this
formula in cell A1; don't type the curly brackets, just the part within
them, then hold down Ctrl+Shift while pressing enter.  If you do this
properly, it creates an array formula, which Excel indicates with the
brackets.

{=INDEX(A2:A1000,MAX(ROW(A2:A1000)*NOT(ISBLANK(A2:A1000)))-1)}

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
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> I have a number of columns of data.
>
> All cells in a column are filled intermittently.
>
> How do you fill cells with the last value shown.
Jon Peltier - 10 Dec 2003 21:05 GMT
John -

A second interpretation.  Do you want to put the last value in any
subsequent empty cells?

Select the entire range, then press Ctrl+G, click on Special, and choose
the Blanks option button.  This selects just all the blank cells in the
range you had selected.  Press the Equals key, then the up arrow, then
Ctrl+Enter.  This puts a formula in each cell which takes the value from
the cell above (which in turn, may take it from the one above that, etc.).

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
http://www.geocities.com/jonpeltier/Excel/index.html
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> I have a number of columns of data.
>
> All cells in a column are filled intermittently.
>
> How do you fill cells with the last value shown.
 
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