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Incremental numbering in a column with inconsistent spacing between numbers

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    Question Incremental numbering in a column with inconsistent spacing between numbers

    So, basically I have an excel doc in which I want to assign an "item number" to each new section. Some sections only have 10 lines before the next item number but some have 50+. Is there a way to write a formula which references the next cell about it that contains a value (even if that cell is 20 rows above the current) and add 1 to it?? This is the theoretical solution I have devised, but if anyone else has a way of solving the problem I would love to hear it.

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    Re: Incremental numbering in a column with inconsistent spacing between numbers

    Assuming "item number" is being put in A27 (for example)

    =LARGE(A1:A26,1)+1

    assuming "item numbers" are in ascending order

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    Re: Incremental numbering in a column with inconsistent spacing between numbers

    Can you post some sample data and show us what results you expect?
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