Not sure if this is overkill, but you could try something like this.

=INDIRECT(ADDRESS(2,CELL("col",B2)+COLUMN(B2)-2))/INDIRECT(ADDRESS(2,CELL("col",B2)+COLUMN(B2)-1))

HTH,
Paul

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"edroberts77" wrote in message
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ok here goes! I have data in 1 tab... in another tab i want to be able to
show the ratio of sets of columns in tab1

so in theory all i want to do is get show is

B2/C2 D2/E2 F2/G2 H2/I2 AND SO ON....

If i try to autocomplet across the row (i have do do this to 400 sets)
excel
will auto using b2/c2 c2/d2 d/e..... is there a way i can get it to skip ?

many thanks