Hi!

Try this:

Assume your data is in the range A1:A500.

In B1 enter 1.

Enter this formula in B2 and copy down to B500:

=IF(A2=A1,B1,B1+1)

Biff

"Ann" wrote in message
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I have 500 lines and would like to number each row, however some rows
contain
the same information 2 or more times, so I need to keep the numbering in
sequence by repeating the same number where the rows contain the same
information.