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Niek Otten
 
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Let's suppose your names are in column A.
In B1, enter:
=LEFT(A1,3) and fill down
In C2, enter:
=IF(LEFT(A2,3)=B1,C1+1,0) and fill down
In D2, enter:
=B2&"00"&TEXT(C2,"00") and fill down


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Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Maltenrazer" wrote in message
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hi, i need help i am a college student, i am creating a spreadsheet for
my portfolio

i would like to generate ID numbers for students in a spreadsheet i am
doing.

so what i want to do is take the first 3 letter of a students name then
add 00 ,and then it should , generate numbers from 1-90 , than i could
use this as an id number.

e.g

*Dav*id

DAV0056

"dav" in the first part is from the name, the two zero are just put in
and then i want numbers from 1-90 to be inputed.

i have 90 students names that i need to create Unique ID numbers. so
please can you tell me the formula/function on how i can do this.

thank you for your help in advance.. :)


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