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rwb20141380
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Oct 08, 2019
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multiple cells into 1

I am trying to figure out how much dirt we are going to have to remove per structure. A structure consists of 2 holes with different amounts of soil being removed from each hole.   For example: I n...
  • IngeborgHawighorst's avatar
    Oct 09, 2019

    rwb20141380 

     

    When you copy a formula down, a relative cell reference like =A1 will be incremented by one row only, to return =A2. Excel does not recognize a pattern and will not apply a pattern.

     

    There are several other things you could do.

     

    Split the structure number into two columns, so that one column has only the number and the other one has the text. 

    - now you can build a pivot table that totals all values for the same structure number

    - or use Sumif functions or the new Dynamic Array formulas currently only available in Office 365 Insider.

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