# GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.FindPrevious

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_IRange_FindPrevious_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.FindPrevious*">FindPrevious Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_IRange_FindPrevious_System_Object_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.FindPrevious(System.Object)">FindPrevious(object)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Continues a search that was begun with the <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.Find.html#GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_IRange_Find_System_Object_System_Object_GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_FindLookIn_GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_LookAt_GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_SearchOrder_GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_SearchDirection_System_Boolean_">Find(object, object, FindLookIn, LookAt, SearchOrder, SearchDirection, bool)</a> method.
Finds the previous cell that matches those same conditions and returns an <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.html">IRange</a> object that represents that cell.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">IRange FindPrevious(object before = null)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Function FindPrevious(Optional before As Object = Nothing) As IRange</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><span class="parametername">before</span></td>
      <td><p>The cell before which you want to search. The search begins before this cell; the specified cell isn't searched until the method wraps back around to this cell. If this argument isn't specified, the search starts before the upper-left cell in the range.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.html">IRange</a></td>
      <td><p>An <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.html">IRange</a> object that represents the first cell where that information is found.</p>
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