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    Formula that will allow drag to fill row counts from all other worksheets

    Hello all,

    I have the formula =COUNTA(Sheet3!A:A) in a cell to count the amount of rows in column A starting on worksheet 3. I need to be able to use the drag to fill option to populate the remaining cells with data from worksheet 4 and so on. Is there a way to modify this to do so? I've tried messing with nesting COUNTA and INDIRECT but I can't get anything to go.

    After using the drag to fill feature down the column, the formulas should read:

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    Re: Formula that will allow drag to fill row counts from all other worksheets

    Hello jts5814,

    Welcome to the forum

    Try this formula then, from row 3 downward:
    =COUNTA(INDIRECT("Sheet"&ROW()&"!A:A"))
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    Re: Formula that will allow drag to fill row counts from all other worksheets

    Try

    =COUNTA(INDIRECT("Sheet"&ROW(A3)&"!A:A")) and drag down.
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    Re: Formula that will allow drag to fill row counts from all other worksheets

    Wow both of those work fantastic! Thank you both so so much for the quick replies.

    Sincerely,
    Jake

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    Re: Formula that will allow drag to fill row counts from all other worksheets

    Glad to help you Jake.

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