Generate Rows by a rule

Hello every one. I have a question about how to generate excel row by a specific rule. Let me explain with pictures:
I have a long dataset like this:
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And I want to duplicate some rows (those that has the number column more than 1) to rows with the same cell's value by the value of number. Like the following picture:
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I would be thankful if you help me.

You can use column H as a helper column to generate a cumulative sum of the number column (F), for example, put zero in H1 and this formula in H2:

=IF(F2="","",F2+H1)

Copy this down as far as required. Then in a separate sheet you can have an INDEX/MATCH formula in conjunction with the ROWS function to generate the expanded set of data.

It would help if you attached a sample Excel workbook so that I could show you how to set this up.

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Pete

Originally Posted by Pete_UK

You can use column H as a helper column to generate a cumulative sum of the number column (F), for example, put zero in H1 and this formula in H2:

=IF(F2="","",F2+H1)

Copy this down as far as required. Then in a separate sheet you can have an INDEX/MATCH formula in conjunction with the ROWS function to generate the expanded set of data.

It would help if you attached a sample Excel workbook so that I could show you how to set this up.

To do this, click on Go Advanced (below the Edit Window) while you are composing a reply, then scroll down to and click on Manage Attachments and the Upload window will open. Click on Browse and navigate to (and double-click) the file icon that you want to attach, then click on Upload and then on Close this Window to return to the Edit window. When you have finished composing your post, click on Submit Post.

Don't try to use the Paperclip icon, as it doesn't work on this forum.

Hope this helps.

Pete

Thanks for your reply. I have attached the excel file.

sorry I didn't understand exactly what was your solution.

See attached file, where I have put zero in cell H1 of Sheet1 and this formula in H2:

=IF(F2="","-",F2+H1)

and then copied this down - the hyphens help to show where the formula is active, in case you add more data, and this gives a cumulative sum of the numbers.

Then I created a second sheet with the same layout and used this formula in H2:

=IF(ROWS($1:1)>MAX(Sheet1!$H:$H),"",MATCH(ROWS($1:1)-1,Sheet1!$H:$H)+1)

This gives the row where each record can be found, and can be copied down as far as you need it (I've copied down to row 13 in this file). Then in A2 you can use this formula:

=IF($H2="","",INDEX(Sheet1!A:A,$H2))

which can be copied across and down as required, to display the appropriate fields for the expanded record set.

Hope this helps.

Pete

Thank you so much. This solution is working very well for me.

Glad to hear it.

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