Count excel rows

[davesexcel]

I am opening putting data in an excel workbook, I am counting the rows with

rw=ws.range("1;1").specialcells(11)

Then add the code to the row below

	ws.Cells(rw.row+1,1).Value = a
	ws.Cells(rw.row+1,2).Value = b
	ws.Cells(rw.row+1,3).Value = d
	ws.Cells(rw.row+1,4).Value = rs
	ws.Cells(rw.row+1,5).Value = rise

This works as intended but the cell that has formatting is considered not empty.

In excel vba I would use

rw=cells(rows.count,1).end(xlup).row

This will find the last row with something in it in column 1 and does not include formatting, such as borders.
Is there an equivalent to this in Ruby?

[Dan Rathbun]

Generally: Ruby can only use Excel via the WIN32OLE class, which just wraps OLE Automation. So it should be similar to VBA. In fact, I myself have this MS page bookmarked as the reference to use for WIN32OLE <-> Excel interaction:
Object model (Excel VBA reference)

[Dan Rathbun]

More Specifically: Would the Range.Find method help?
Range.Find method