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    Skipping a column when dragging formula

    Hi Everyone

    Had a quick question, which I cant seem to find an answer for on the forum

    I have information is Cells D2, F2, H2, J2, ... and so on, every second column as a number


    I now want another line, which references those cells, so they can be in a single row, without column gaps, so i can make a graph, without having to manually select each cell

    so basically the cells mentioned above (D2, F2, H2, J2), would now also be in a new row as (A3, B3, C3, D3)

    from what I can figure, i need either the offset rule or the indirect rule, but I cant figure out how to make it work

    Any help would be greatly appreciated


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    Re: Skipping a column when dragging formula

    hi Bharbir. try this in A3:
    =INDEX($D$2:$J$2,1+(ROWS(A$3:A3)-1)*2)

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    Re: Skipping a column when dragging formula

    Benishiryo

    you are a genius, thankyou so much for your quick and excellent advice

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    Re: Skipping a column when dragging formula

    Hello Bharbir,

    In A3 enter =IF(D2="","",D2), in B3 enter =IF(F2="","",F2) and so on ...
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    Re: Skipping a column when dragging formula

    I thought you wanted
    (A3, B3, C3, D3)
    to show the values of D2, F2, H2, J2.

    While the Formula benishiryo gave you puts all in Column A From A3 to A6?

    I believe the formula should have been =INDEX($D$2:$J$2,1+(COLUMN(A$3:D3)-1)*2) and dragged across.
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