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Need your help again
I want the Nr in Column A be filed sequential but only if Column E has a value of 1
If Column E is another value then 1 (for example "adv" or 0) then Column A
should stay Empty.
I hope the example is clear
Ps: Just for my understanding, can you please first give me a hint on how to solve this on my own, instead of ready made solution.
Are you still using Excel 2019?
You can use COUNTIF with a dynamic range that will grow as you drag down (with the first cell in E anchored and the second not). Then all you need is an IF statement beforehand to put blanks in rows where E is 0.
Tell me if yo uwant me to show you how.
Last edited by AliGW; 12-15-2023 at 05:35 AM.
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Trevor, the OP said this:
Ps: Just for my understanding, can you please first give me a hint on how to solve this on my own, instead of ready made solution.
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Ah, spoiler alert, missed that (twice)
OK, well in that case, here's mine for good measure:
=IF(E4=0,"",COUNTIF(E$4:E4,1))
Thx Guys and Gals,
yes still using 2019 (Home and Student)
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
Thx again guys and Gals.
I made it a bit "better" (thanks to you guys), because if "adv" was showing it still showed the count for that cell (but did not increase it)
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Last edited by iammike; 12-15-2023 at 11:04 PM.
In the solutions I offered, the test is for the cells in column E being 1.
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Thx @TMS
Way easier that, but I am very happy that my "solution" also works.
May I ask is the OR solution less favorable?
You're welcome. Thanks for the rep.
In that you have to check two conditions rather than one, yes, it is less favourable (IMO). What if there were other values you need to ignore? On the other hand, if you incremented the counter for more than one value, it wouldn't make much difference.May I ask is the OR solution less favorable?
It's your choice. The good thing is that you were able to adapt the solution yourself to handle the extra constraint.
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