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Default Repeat text a number define of times

Say your table <names, number below is located in A1:B4 (A1="names",
A2="bad"). You will build an auxiliary column in C:C. In C2 enter the
number 1. In C3 formula to copy down:

=C2+B2

Now say you want to start the repeating values in F2. Use the
following formula in F2:

=IF(ROWS($F$2:F2)<=SUM($B$2:$B$4),INDEX($A$2:$A$4, MATCH(ROW()-ROW($F
$2)+1,$C$2:$C$4,1)),"")

You can copy down this formula and it will exhaust your table and
afterwords leave blank cells.

HTH
Kostis Vezerides

On Nov 18, 5:22*pm, Alexandra Lopes wrote:
Hi,

I want to repeat diferent names a number of times in diferent cells, for
example:

names * number
bad * * 3 * * *
medium *9
good * *3

A1

bad
bad
bad
medium
medium
medium
medium
medium
medium
medium
medium
medium
good
good
good

My dificult is that when I change the number of names, I want that this
writes the text the new number of times automatically.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Alexandra