Hi,
If you really need a single formula for this, then try the following.
Paste you data into, say, A1, so that it looks like 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 etc.
Then enter the following formula in A2
=--MID(SUBSTITUTE($A$1,",",""),ROW()-ROW($A$1),1)
and copy down as far as necessary.
Dave
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