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function to change cell position and allows dragging
I want to enter a formula that will reference a particular cell, and then
allow me to drag the formula down so it references every third cell. So, if my data is: A 1 XOM 2 WFT 3 SLB 4 HD 5 LOW 6 BAC 7 GE 8 MSFT (Imagine the list is much longer) and I would like to write a formula that allows me to create a smaller list composed of every third entry. So the first entry would be XOM, then when I dragged the formula down, the next cell would be HD, then GE, and so forth. Any ideas? |
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function to change cell position and allows dragging
Tarheel9328 wrote:
I want to enter a formula that will reference a particular cell, and then allow me to drag the formula down so it references every third cell. So, if my data is: A 1 XOM 2 WFT 3 SLB 4 HD 5 LOW 6 BAC 7 GE 8 MSFT (Imagine the list is much longer) and I would like to write a formula that allows me to create a smaller list composed of every third entry. So the first entry would be XOM, then when I dragged the formula down, the next cell would be HD, then GE, and so forth. Any ideas? B1 formula... =A1 B2 formula... =INDIRECT("A" & ROW()*3 - 2) Filldown formula in B2 Ken Johnson |
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function to change cell position and allows dragging
Ken Johnson wrote: Tarheel9328 wrote: I want to enter a formula that will reference a particular cell, and then allow me to drag the formula down so it references every third cell. So, if my data is: A 1 XOM 2 WFT 3 SLB 4 HD 5 LOW 6 BAC 7 GE 8 MSFT (Imagine the list is much longer) and I would like to write a formula that allows me to create a smaller list composed of every third entry. So the first entry would be XOM, then when I dragged the formula down, the next cell would be HD, then GE, and so forth. Any ideas? B1 formula... =A1 B2 formula... =INDIRECT("A" & ROW()*3 - 2) Filldown formula in B2 Ken Johnson Actually B1 formula... =INDIRECT("A" & ROW()*3 - 2) then filldown B1 Ken Johnson |
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