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Having trouble with number series
I'm stuck on how to create a number series in Excel. For instance, I can put the following in these respective cells: A1 1 A2 2 A3 3 ....and then I can fill the series down to A10000. However, I actually need the numbers to be in the middle of some text. ie. A1 abc00000000001abc A2 abc00000000002abc A3 abc00000000003abc ....so I can fill down to A10000000000. I can't seem to do this. Is there a way that this can be done? |
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Having trouble with number series
Have you tried having the Number in Col A and Text in Col B and then using Concatenate. E.g enter A1&B1 in C1 VBA Noob -- VBA Noob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VBA Noob's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=33833 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=561779 |
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Having trouble with number series
try put in A1 and copy down
="abc"&TEXT(ROW(),"00000000000")&"abc" "Cuzman" skrev: I'm stuck on how to create a number series in Excel. For instance, I can put the following in these respective cells: A1 1 A2 2 A3 3 ....and then I can fill the series down to A10000. However, I actually need the numbers to be in the middle of some text. ie. A1 abc00000000001abc A2 abc00000000002abc A3 abc00000000003abc ....so I can fill down to A10000000000. I can't seem to do this. Is there a way that this can be done? |
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A klunky workaround:
Use a helper column with the numbers filled down, then in the column you want to fill with: ="abc"&B1&"abc" then copy and Paste Special back into the same column and then finally delete the helper column -- HTH Sandy In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland with @tiscali.co.uk "Cuzman" wrote in message ... I'm stuck on how to create a number series in Excel. For instance, I can put the following in these respective cells: A1 1 A2 2 A3 3 ...and then I can fill the series down to A10000. However, I actually need the numbers to be in the middle of some text. ie. A1 abc00000000001abc A2 abc00000000002abc A3 abc00000000003abc ...so I can fill down to A10000000000. I can't seem to do this. Is there a way that this can be done? |
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Cuzman
The numbers must be entered as text in the column to begin with. In B1 enter '000001 and in B2 enter '000002 Drag/copy down to A10000(not to A10000000) Then do the =A1&B1&C1 Or as Sandy' s formula if you prefer. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:02:39 +0100, "Sandy Mann" wrote: A klunky workaround: Use a helper column with the numbers filled down, then in the column you want to fill with: ="abc"&B1&"abc" then copy and Paste Special back into the same column and then finally delete the helper column -- HTH Sandy In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland with @tiscali.co.uk "Cuzman" wrote in message ... I'm stuck on how to create a number series in Excel. For instance, I can put the following in these respective cells: A1 1 A2 2 A3 3 ...and then I can fill the series down to A10000. However, I actually need the numbers to be in the middle of some text. ie. A1 abc00000000001abc A2 abc00000000002abc A3 abc00000000003abc ...so I can fill down to A10000000000. I can't seem to do this. Is there a way that this can be done? |
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excelent wrote:
* try put in A1 and copy down ="abc"&TEXT(ROW(),"00000000000")&"abc" * Thanks to everyone who helped. The above suggestion worked perfectly. |
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