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Lynne
 
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Hi,
I need to serially number occurrences of a name in a column. Would
appreciate urgent assistance.

eg
1 Anna
1 John
2 Anna
1 Chris
3 Anna
2 John

Lyn


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Gary Brown
 
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Assuming the list starts in A1 with 'Anna', put this formula in B1 and copy
down.
=COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1)

HTH,
Gary Brown


"Lynne" wrote:

Hi,
I need to serially number occurrences of a name in a column. Would
appreciate urgent assistance.

eg
1 Anna
1 John
2 Anna
1 Chris
3 Anna
2 John

Lyn



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Thanks a ton for your quick reply ..was giving the range incorrectly. Lynne

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Assuming the list starts in A1 with 'Anna', put this formula in B1 and

copy
down.
=COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1)

HTH,
Gary Brown


"Lynne" wrote:

Hi,
I need to serially number occurrences of a name in a column. Would
appreciate urgent assistance.

eg
1 Anna
1 John
2 Anna
1 Chris
3 Anna
2 John

Lyn





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