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XL97: FindPrevious Method Does Not Support Discontiguous Range

Article ID: 158083

Article Last Modified on 10/21/2000

Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q158083

SYMPTOMS

When you use the FindPrevious method, the incorrect address is returned if you use this method on a range of discontiguous cells.

CAUSE

The algorithm used by the FindPrevious method enumerates (counts or searches) the cell references in a forward direction while the cells themselves are being enumerated in reverse order.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The FindPrevious method continues a search started with the Find method. It finds the previous cell matching the same conditions and returns a range object that represents that cell. The FindPrevious method does not affect the current selection or the active cell.

REFERENCES

For more information about the FindPrevious method, click the Index tab in Microsoft Visual Basic Help, type the following text

FindPrevious

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "FindPrevious Method" topic.

Additional query words: XL97 8.00 find next non-adjacent nonadjacent

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