I wish to have rows automatically numbered in column "A" according to the
content in column "B". If column "B" has text or numbers in a cell I do not
want to number that row in column "A". If column "B" is blank in a cell I
want to number that row in column "A". I found the following formula that
works the opposite of what I want "=IF(B1<"",COUNTA($B$1:B1)&".","")" .
What would the formula be if I wanted to numerically count the blank cells
in "B" and skip the context cells in "B"? Thanks for you consideration.
Regards

Hi

The formula for A1
=IF($B1="",ROW()-COUNTIF($B$1:$B1,"<"),"")
, and copy it down


Arvi Laanemets


"cox ng (1)" wrote in message
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I wish to have rows automatically numbered in column "A" according to the
content in column "B". If column "B" has text or numbers in a cell I do
not
want to number that row in column "A". If column "B" is blank in a cell I
want to number that row in column "A". I found the following formula that
works the opposite of what I want "=IF(B1<"",COUNTA($B$1:B1)&".","")" .
What would the formula be if I wanted to numerically count the blank cells
in "B" and skip the context cells in "B"? Thanks for you consideration.
Regards

The following formula should work

=IF(B2="",COUNTA($B$1:B2),"")
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"cox ng (1)" wrote:

I wish to have rows automatically numbered in column "A" according to the
content in column "B". If column "B" has text or numbers in a cell I do not
want to number that row in column "A". If column "B" is blank in a cell I
want to number that row in column "A". I found the following formula that
works the opposite of what I want "=IF(B1<"",COUNTA($B$1:B1)&".","")" .
What would the formula be if I wanted to numerically count the blank cells
in "B" and skip the context cells in "B"? Thanks for you consideration.
Regards