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Default Looking for help creating dynamic list numbers


Duke Carey Wrote:
You can use =ROW() instead.

If your data doesn't start on row 1, adjust the formula to:

=ROW() + x

where x = (starting row # - 1)


Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not sure that will work with what
i'm trying to do. I plan to have multiple lists from 1 to x, and could
potentially add new lists in between. I would rather not edit the
"starting row" for every cell whenever I need a new list. I'm looking
for something that will copy/paste and work (with the first row being
either 1 or 0) and something that will work when you delete a cell.

The Cell reference to the one above sort of works, because it remains
and adjusts through a cut and paste. But when deleting a row, the
reference is messed up because of the missing cell. Is there a way to
reference the current cell, and then go back a row? I tried something
like:

=CELL("contents", "A" & ROW(A2) - 1)

But it won't let you string-concatinate a cell reference. Is there any
way to reference a cell by creating the name for it?

Hope that all made sense.


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