I am trying to do some automation of cells and have an IF Function
started. As I continue to build this automation, I am wondering if a
VBA solution is better? Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

Current function in all ColB cells starting at row B2 (B1 is empty on
purpose) is as follows:

=IF((A2)<"", CONCATENATE((A2), ".", "1"), CONCATENATE((A2), ".",
(RIGHT((B2), (SEARCH(".",(B2),1))-1))+1))

This produces the following

ColA ColB
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
2 1.4
2.1
2.2
2.3
3 2.4
3.1
3.2
3.3
4 3.4
4.1

Ideally, we want all cells that now contain 1.4, 2.4, 3.4, etc to be
blank as with cell (B1). We would like ColB to be locked so no one can
edit this column. It should also update automatically if someone enters
a value in ColA.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Tammy

See one anser in .worksheet.functions.

Please don't post the same message in multiple groups. It tends to
fragment any answers you get, and potentially wastes the time of thosse
who try to answer a question that's already been answered.

In article .com,
"FireGeek822" wrote:

I am trying to do some automation of cells and have an IF Function
started. As I continue to build this automation, I am wondering if a
VBA solution is better? Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

Current function in all ColB cells starting at row B2 (B1 is empty on
purpose) is as follows:

=IF((A2)<"", CONCATENATE((A2), ".", "1"), CONCATENATE((A2), ".",
(RIGHT((B2), (SEARCH(".",(B2),1))-1))+1))

This produces the following

ColA ColB
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
2 1.4
2.1
2.2
2.3
3 2.4
3.1
3.2
3.3
4 3.4
4.1

Ideally, we want all cells that now contain 1.4, 2.4, 3.4, etc to be
blank as with cell (B1). We would like ColB to be locked so no one can
edit this column. It should also update automatically if someone enters
a value in ColA.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Tammy

Sorry - I just wasn't sure where to post. Especially if there is a
better solution by doing VBA code in a module.

Tammy

In article .com,
"FireGeek822" wrote:

Sorry - I just wasn't sure where to post. Especially if there is a
better solution by doing VBA code in a module.

See

http://cpearson.com/excel/newposte.htm

for tips on using these groups effectively.

A VBA solution wouldn't necessarily be "better" or "worse", unless you
need an automated solution.

"Automated Solution" that is the point. I am looking to automate this
project as much as possible.

Tammy