"Per Erik Midtrød" wrote in message
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On Jan 22, 7:32 pm, bouncebackability <bouncebackability.
wrote:
probably not a suitable title...

ok my problem should be simple to explain.

i have in column B (from cells B2 to B20) 8 asterisks randomly
placed(*)

what i want to do is in column A (A2 to A20), the first time that the
star appears to write a '1' in the relative cell next to it, the second
time it appears in the list a '2' the third time a '3' and so on...
sounds simple and i thought it was. but im stumped. and dont know what
to search for on here sorry :(

thanks for any help

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bouncebackability

Put this formula in A2:
=IF(B2="*";COUNTIF(B$2:B2;"*");"")

Per Erik

See my reply to Tyro.

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP