Slight Tweak to Click and Drag

Hello,

I would like to make a slight modification to the click and drag feature in Excel. Click and drag works well for simple patterns, like if you have a column with: A1: 1, A2: 2, A3: 3, click and drag can let you go as far as you want, suppose ... A2000: 2000. However if you have some other things in the cell, I noticed click and drag gets a little confused.

In my case:

A1: var(-1)
A2: var(-2)
A3: var(-3)

I want to click and drag to var(-n) or at least var(-200), but the parentheses seem to throw it off. Unfortunately, I absolutely need the parentheses.

So how can I fix it? Is there anything in the UI where I can toggle this? Or do I have actually edit the click and drag code itself? If so, please describe that process as best you can.

Many thanks,

Diggety

Hey martindwilson,

wow, it works! A clever solution, no coding required or anything. I like devising formulas that work in new ways.

I appreciate your help!