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    New to advanced XL features, and need a relatively simple (I think?) formula

    Hello!
    This site has been really useful in helping me learn little pieces and parts of Excel over time, but I'm struggling to apply some new learning that I need for a work-related spreadsheet.

    I'm trying to auto-generate SKUs for a small food distributor. There are only three columns relevant to this problem: B, C and D (product name, producer name and SKU, respectively).

    I want to generate a SKU that takes the first three letters of the product name; followed by three numeric characters starting with 005 and progressing by 5 until you get to a new product name; followed by a hyphen and the two alpha characters that represent the producer.

    Thus if I have four types of Apples (red, green, gold and blush) grown by Farmer Sue, the SKUs would read:
    APP005-FS
    APP010-FS
    APP015-FS
    APP020-FS

    I'm under the impression this isn't rocket science, but I'm stymied. Thanks for any assistance! Sample file attached; please ignore columns beyond D.
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    Re: New to advanced XL features, and need a relatively simple (I think?) formula

    Try in D4:

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    Re: New to advanced XL features, and need a relatively simple (I think?) formula

    I'm getting an error, but it's not making sense for me when I try to trace it. But then, LEN, LEFT and MID are new for me...
    Thanks though!

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