Excel: Finding Blank Cells Using FORMULA.FIND in a Macro

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q38366

SUMMARY

To find blank cells in a Microsoft Excel worksheet using a macro, the FORMULA.FIND function can be implemented.

In the following formula, Excel looks for the next cell with a blank value in the active row:

   =FORMULA.FIND("",2,1,2,1)

MORE INFORMATION

FORMULA.FIND will not find blank cells outside the active area of the worksheet. For example, if cells A1:D50 contain worksheet data, FORMULA.FIND will not find any blank cells outside that range.

For more information about FORMULA.FIND, see page 92 of the "Microsoft Excel Function Reference" version 3.0 manual. If you are using Excel 2.20, see page 226 of the "Microsoft Excel Functions and Macros" version 2.2 manual.

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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