Determining the last row in a single column

Question

I have a sheet with data in cols A through H.

I need to determine the last row in column A that contains data (it\'s all conti

Answer 1

After a while trying to build a function to get an integer with the last row in a single column, this worked fine:

    function lastRow() {
    var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
    spreadsheet.getRange('B1').activate();
    var columnB = spreadsheet.getSelection().getNextDataRange(SpreadsheetApp.Direction.DOWN).activate();
    var numRows = columnB.getLastRow();
    var nextRow = numRows + 1; 
    }