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Default populate duplicate data into a spreadsheet

Toni Marie wrote:
Is there a way to populate duplicate inventory data into a spreadsheet
without typing it?
For example...
Qty 10 blouses @ 9.99 2 Sm, 4 Med, 4 Lg Is there a formula available
so that the word 'Blouse' appears 10 times in Col A on lines 2-11
'9.99' appears 10 times in Col B lines 2-11
'Sm' appears in Col C lines 2-3
'Med' appears in Col C lines 4-7
'Lg' appears in Col C lines 8-11

I'd be grateful for any ideas and/or help. thanks.


First, realize a formula cannot populate other cells, only the cell it
is in.

Second, having so much information stored in one cell dreadfully
complicates the task of parsing the input to generate data. The
immediate remedy is to put each piece of information in a separate cell:

Qty..Item..Price..#Sm..#Med..#Lg

But this seems like a pretty good (but not perfect) way to store the
data for further analysis. The big question is what do you need/are you
going to do with the results?