Hi,

Really not much of an improvement, but a tiny bit shorter:

=IF(B2="No","",MAX(A$1:A1)+1)

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Thanks,
Shane Devenshire


"Manos" wrote:

I have an excel where in column A i want to create an auto numbering.
In column B i have some codes and value No.
SO i want to count only the lines that have codes, an no the lines that have
value No.

A B
1 sub1
2 sub2
NO
3 sub3

thanks in advance for your prompt response

Manos