This macro assumes the input table start in A1.
It continues until it finds 3 empties in a column in the table
The macro stores the output in row 4

Sub liad()
' gsnuxx
For j = 2 To Columns.Count
Set r = Range(Cells(1, j), Cells(3, j))
If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(r) = 0 Then
Exit Sub
End If
times = Application.WorksheetFunction.Max(r)
If Not IsEmpty(Cells(1, j)) Then simbol = "I"
If Not IsEmpty(Cells(2, j)) Then simbol = "E"
If Not IsEmpty(Cells(3, j)) Then simbol = "W"

If IsEmpty(Cells(4, 1)) Then
n = 1
Else
n = Cells(4, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column + 1
End If

For k = 1 To times
Cells(4, k + n - 1).Value = simbol
Next
Next
End Sub
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200819


"LiAD" wrote:

I would like to find a way of getting excel to interpret numbers associated
with letters and output a text string. What I want to do is then use this
text string with a conditional format to provide a horizontal colour
sequence. Example below for how the table is required to output the text
string.

I 2 4
Input E 1 2
W 3

Output desired I I E W W W E E I I I
I

In any one column there will only be one number so excel needs to scan the
left most column first and repeat in a row in separate cells the number of
letters quoted in the table for that input. Then scan the second column and
output the letter x times in the next cell along etc.

Do you know if this is possible with Excel?