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emil33
Apr 25, 2024Copper Contributor
Autofill not recognizing the intended pattern
I am trying to autofill a series of cells from another Sheet but cannot get the autofill to follow the intended pattern correctly. The information in the first cell comes from ='Sheet1'!A1 I wa...
emil33
Apr 27, 2024Copper Contributor
Thank you for your help. This didn't quite work but maybe close. Can you explain the part of the formula where the numbers (25, 1,1,10),1).
I think I understand the 25 and 10 but the 1s are throwing me off. Maybe if I understand the whole formula I can tweak it to get it to work.
As for now the cells are all only showing me, #NAME?
I think I understand the 25 and 10 but the 1s are throwing me off. Maybe if I understand the whole formula I can tweak it to get it to work.
As for now the cells are all only showing me, #NAME?
SnowMan55
Apr 28, 2024Bronze Contributor
The documentation for the SEQUENCE function for some reason "hides" its description; on that page, you should click the down arrow to the right of "Syntax".
The first argument (25) is the number of rows to generate numbers for. I just guessed that you could use 25; feel free to change that number. The second argument (1) is the number of columns to generate numbers for. The third argument (also 1) is the starting number to generate, and the fourth argument (10) is how much to increment each generated number.
But the #NAME error suggests that your version of Excel does not support the SEQUENCE function, which is available in Excel 2021 and later versions. Which version of Excel are you using?