Hello Maulik, If you just have single characters in cells like "A","P" etc... use this, AF2 copy down.
=LOOKUP(10,SEARCH("p",B2:AE2),B$1:AE$1) Or, =LOOKUP(2,1/(B2:AE2="p"),B$1:AE$1) The first one is more faster than second one. HTH Haseeb For tips visit; http://www.excelfox.com/forum/forum.php -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel