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    Excel autofill not recognizing increment pattern.

    Hello,

    I am trying to reference cells within the same worksheet. I am referencing the cells in R10:R144. The data I need is in B2493:B9400. The values I am trying to extract are in increments of 47. When I do the cell refence in R10, R11, R12 and try to autofill it does not increment by 47.

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    R10 =B2493
    R11 =B2540
    R12 =B2587
    But R12 =B2496

    Excel did not pick up on my increment pattern of 47. I have tried using the index function, however I am having difficulties with it. Any solutions?

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    Re: Excel autofill not recognizing increment pattern.

    Excel doesn't pick up the patterns of cell references, all it does is increment/decrement the row/column as you drag.

    What did you try for INDEX?

    This appeared to work for me, though I'm sure there's a better formula
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    Re: Excel autofill not recognizing increment pattern.

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    The code you suggested gave some values but they weren't correct for some reason. Could you explain what the (ROW()-1)*47 does?

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    Re: Excel autofill not recognizing increment pattern.

    Why do you have ROW($B$2822) in the formula?

    (ROW()-1)*47 in the formula I posted.

    If you mean (ROW()-10)*47 it increments the row reference for the INDEX formula, the 10 is there because we are starting in row 10, ie R10.

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    Re: Excel autofill not recognizing increment pattern.

    After playing with it some I got it too work. That was a starting cell and I was trying to increment 47 from thereon. You have saved me hours of time. Thank you!

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