Formula to find the second to last value in row - Excel - excel-formula

I have the formula to find the last value in a row - =LOOKUP(1,1/(3:3>0),3:3) (depending on the row)
but can't seem to get it to return the second to last value/cell in the row.
Please help!

Try,
=INDEX(3:3, AGGREGATE(14, 6, COLUMN(A:XFC)/(A3:XFC3>0), 2))

Awesome.. I edited the formula to:
=INDEX(3:3, AGGREGATE(14, 6, COLUMN(A3:XFC3)/(A3:BL3>0), 2))
Where BL3 is where my current last data value ends. Once I drag, the formula automatically updated the column and row value.
Thanks so much!

For row #3, the array formula:
=INDEX(3:3,IF(COUNTA(3:3)=0,"",MAX((3:3<>"")*(COLUMN(3:3))))-1)
will yield the next-to-last value in that row:
Array formulas must be entered with Ctrl + Shift + Enter rather than just the Enter key. If this is done correctly, the formula will appear with curly braces around it in the Formula Bar.
If you are sure that row #3 will not be empty, then use this array formula instead:
=INDEX(3:3,MAX((3:3<>"")*(COLUMN(3:3)))-1)
To avoid array formulas consider:
=INDEX(3:3,SUMPRODUCT(MAX((COLUMN(3:3))*(3:3<>"")))-1)

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end date =C6+B6
I intend to get the latest end date value if there is multiple rows on previous sequences, for example as below:
On the yellow cell, it should get the 23/2/2019 instead of 18/2/2019.
Use LOOKUP:
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Edit:
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I think this will serve your purpose. This is formula for first start-date value and drag it downwards.
=IF(A6=1,$C$3,MAX(IF(A6-1=$A$6:$A$14,VLOOKUP(A6-1,$A$6:$D$14,3)+$B$6:$B$14)))
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If number from first coulmn is found in the second column, it should return that number.
If number from first coulmn is not found in the secound column, it should return closest possible min value
You can use vlookup() like this, BUT you need to sort the values:
In C1 enter the array formula:
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and copy downward:
Array formulas must be entered with Ctrl + Shift + Enter rather than just the Enter key. If this is done correctly, the formula will appear with curly braces around it in the Formula Bar.
NOTE:
Sorting is not required.
Array entry is not required if you are using Excel 365.
Another option is SUMPRODUCT:
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I have an excel index/match formula (see below) but my data contains duplicate values therefore excel only returns the first value. Is there a way to modify my formula below to return to the nth value?
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I am trying to find the location (row number) of the first blank cell in a column of data. Previous questions (such as this one) have helped, but by data contains header rows (7 in this case), which may be blank. Therefore, I am only interested in blank cells from row 8.
My attempts so far have tried the formula below, but thought it seems to create the lookup_array I want, it doesn't work with match_type set to -1. Don't understand why.
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PS - It's important that only the row is referenced, as I don't know how long the data block will be and the formula should work with any length data.
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in your case just change the 2 to the first row you want to count from:
=MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(ISBLANK(A8:A1048576),0,0),0)
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The alternative you had in your comment:
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also works but MUST be entered as an array formula by pressing the combination ctrl + shift + enter when entering the formula:
{=MATCH(TRUE,IF(ISBLANK(A:A), ROW(A:A), 0)>7,0)}
If the cells are populated by a formula use
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