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    Static A Column, +1 to B Column every 447 rows

    I have a complicated excel question which has been frying my brain for hours...
    I have 447 rows of text in column A, I want to increase the number in column B by 1 every 447 rows and then repeat until the number reaches 250.

    For example:
    Apple, 1
    Pinapple, 1
    Cheese, 1
    Apple, 2
    Pinapple, 2
    Cheese, 2
    Apple, 3
    Pinapple, 3
    Cheese, 3

    Any ideas?

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    Re: Static A Column, +1 to B Column every 447 rows

    Do you mean you have 447 repeating "fruits"?

    Perhaps try:

    =Countif(A$2:A2,A2)


    copied down where A2 contains first entry.
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    Re: Static A Column, +1 to B Column every 447 rows

    Thanks NBVC!

    I'm not quite sure if the Formula doesn't do what I need it to do or if it's my lack of knowledge on how to implement it.

    To explain better...

    I have 447 rows of text in column A (447 different fruit names).
    In column B, I want to increase the number by 1 on each fruit until it reaches 250.

    For example, I will start with:
    Apple, 1
    Pineapple, 1
    Banana, 1

    Then I need the Formula to continue looping column A until column B reaches 250.

    Apple, 1
    Pineapple, 1
    Banana, 1
    Apple, 2
    Pineapple, 2
    Banana, 2
    ...
    ...
    ...
    Apple, 250
    Pineapple, 250
    Banana, 250

    In the end, I will have 111750 rows (447*250)

    I hope this makes more sense.
    Last edited by squidg; 12-08-2016 at 10:45 AM.

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    Re: Static A Column, +1 to B Column every 447 rows

    Have you tested my formula? Does it give incorrect results?

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    Re: Static A Column, +1 to B Column every 447 rows

    This is a very simple thing
    Enter COUNTIF formula in B2 and copy down
    =COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)
    v A B
    1
    2 Apple 1
    3 Pinapple 1
    4 Cheese 1
    5 Apple 2
    6 Pinapple 2
    7 Cheese 2
    8 Apple 3
    9 Pinapple 3
    10 Cheese 3
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    Re: Static A Column, +1 to B Column every 447 rows

    Many thanks guys!
    I thought there may have been a way to automate the scrolling process rather then scrolling down 111750 rows manually but your Formula did the trick.
    I am very grateful!

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    Re: Static A Column, +1 to B Column every 447 rows

    Assuming you only have your fruits listed once in cells A1:A447, a simple way to achieve this is to use these two formulae in the cells stated:

    A448: =A1

    B448: =B1+1

    then copy down as far as you need to.

    Hope this helps.

    Pete

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