Counting past occurrence given a classification

makae90

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Hello! I have a Table just like the one above. I want to count the number of cells in the column Leg since the last entry, given a certain classification on the column Type.
For example, for the type KFT only, how many blank entries are there in the column Legendary since the last entry for Leg?

I know how to solve this issue creating helper columns. But given that I have too many types, I would have to create a helper column for each type, making my table too big given the amount of rows I have. Is there any way I can create a VBA function to perform this task for me, such that I only need one cell per type to let me know the amount of blank cells since last Leg entry for each type? Here is a short example of how my table looks, using only 2 types:

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]#[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Type[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Com[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Rar[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Ep[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Leg[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]MSG[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]UNG[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]UNG[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]MSG[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]UNG[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]UNG[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]MSG[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

In this example, I need a formula with output 0 for MSG, since it has been 0 entries since the last Leg for MSG, and output 1 for UNG, since it has been 1 entry since the last Leg for UNG


Thanks so much for the help!
 

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