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katie_lacy
Jul 11, 2019Copper Contributor
Continue Pattern (includes letters and numbers)
I'd like to continue this pattern on this spreadsheet, but every time I try to drag it it will repeat the pattern (A, B, C, D, A, B, C, D) instead of continuing with the alphabet (A, B, C, D, E...
- Jul 11, 2019
Hi,
Please put this formula in the first cell, then drag it to the right and all the way down.
=ROW(A21)&RIGHT(B$1)
It's done by depending on the letters in the headers (Column A, Column B, etc) as a reference in the formula.
Hope that helps
Twifoo
Jul 11, 2019Silver Contributor
Try this formula in A1 and copy to your range:
=ROW()+20&
SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,
COLUMN(),4),
1,””)
=ROW()+20&
SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,
COLUMN(),4),
1,””)