Find the last filled row in a filtered column without dropping the Autofilter - excel

Question

How do I get the position of the last non-empty cell in a filtered column without dropping the applied Autofilter? I understand it's easy to get the number of the last visible row with
Dim ws as Worksheet, rng As Range
Set rng = Range(Letter & 1 & ":" & Letter & 1) ' where Letter is the letter code of the column
GetLastVisibleRow = ws.Range(Split(ws.Cells(, rng.Column).Address, "$")(1) & ws.Rows.count).End(xlUp).row
but I need the number of the last filled row instead. At the same time, I'd like to avoid setting
ws.AutoFilterMode = False
if it's possible.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Probably not the most efficient or fastest method, but this appears to work:
Function GetLastCellOfColumn(ColLetter As String) As Range
Dim Col As Range
Dim Rw As Long
Set Col = Range(ColLetter & ":" & ColLetter)
Set GetLastCellOfColumn = Intersect(ActiveSheet.UsedRange, Col)
For Rw = GetLastCellOfColumn.Cells.Count To 1 Step -1
If Len(GetLastCellOfColumn.Cells(Rw).Value) > 0 Then
Set GetLastCellOfColumn = GetLastCellOfColumn.Cells(Rw)
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function

Answer 2

A charming solution by #jkpieterse plus a useful comment by #BigBen is exactly what I was looking for. Just to finalize the thread, the function returning the row number is
Function GetLastFilledCellOfColumn(ws As Worksheet, ColLetter As String) As Long
Dim Col As Range, Urng As Range, Rw As Long
Set Col = ws.Range(ColLetter & ":" & ColLetter)
Set Urng = Intersect(ws.UsedRange, Col)
For Rw = Urng.Cells.count To 1 Step -1
If Not IsEmpty(Urng.Cells(Rw)) Then
GetLastFilledCellOfColumn = Rw
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function
Problem solved.

Answer 3

So maybe this is an alternative way to look into:
Sub Test()
Dim rng As Range
Dim col As Long: col = 2 'Change to whichever column you interested in
Dim rw as Long
With Sheet1 'Change to whichever sheets CodeName you need
Set rng = .Range("_FilterDatabase").Columns(col)
rw = .Evaluate("MAX(IF(" & rng.Address & "<>"""",ROW(" & rng.Address & ")))")
End With
End Sub
I'm afraid I rushed this a little and might have made a mistake but will have to get going. Hopefully you understand whats going on =)
Edit:
The above would definately work, but as figured out through the chat, there is actually a ListObject involved, called Table1, which throws of the AutoFilter range. So here are two alternative ways of doing the same thing:
Sub Test()
Dim rng As Range
Dim col As Long: col = 2 'Change to whichever column you interested in
Dim rw as Long
With Sheet1 'Change to whichever sheets CodeName you need
Set rng = .Range("Table1")
rw = .Evaluate("MAX(IF(" & rng.Address & "<>"""",ROW(" & rng.Address & ")))")
End With
End Sub
Or, when you don't know the name of the table:
Sub Test()
Dim rng As Range
Dim col As Long: col = 2 'Change to whichever column you interested in
Dim rw as Long
With Sheet1 'Change to whichever sheets CodeName you need
Set rng = .ListObjects(1).Range
rw = .Evaluate("MAX(IF(" & rng.Address & "<>"""",ROW(" & rng.Address & ")))")
End With
End Sub