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From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 17:25:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From c8f854c7c2f7139b3420845076821c84647fc9af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 17:27:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] findQueryInRow: accept Worksheet type for searchWorksheet
 parameter

---
 README.md          | 2 +-
 findQueryInRow.bas | 7 +++----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec6a7e4..b7b03ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Finds queried value in a specified row and returns the column number where the q
 1. `common.getColumnLetter`
 
 **Input**:
-1. `String` Search Worksheet Name _(ex. "Sheet 1")_
+1. `Worksheet` Search Worksheet _(ex. Sheet1)_
 2. `String` Search Term _(ex. "foo")_
 3. `String` Search Row _(ex. "1:1")_
 
diff --git a/findQueryInRow.bas b/findQueryInRow.bas
index ad868fd..f492a27 100644
--- a/findQueryInRow.bas
+++ b/findQueryInRow.bas
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 ' *** Requires Function "getColumnLetter" ***
 
-'recieves input of worksheet (ex. "Sheet 1"), search term (ex. "foo"), and range (ex. "1:1") as string
+'receives input of worksheet, search term (ex. "foo"), and range (ex. "1:1") as string
 'outputs column number as integer
 
-Function findQueryInRow(searchWorksheet As String, searchTerm As Variant, searchRow As String) As Integer
+Function findQueryInRow(searchWorksheet As Worksheet, searchTerm As Variant, searchRow As String) As Integer
 
         '''method 1
         'dimension variables
-        Dim wb As Workbook: Set wb = ThisWorkbook
-        Dim ws As Worksheet: Set ws = wb.Sheets(searchWorksheet)
+        Dim ws As Worksheet: Set ws = searchWorksheet
         Dim foundCol As Integer
         
         'find the search term within the search range