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How to increment number every x rows in Excel?

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Normally, we can fill sequential numbers in a column with Fill Handle, but have you ever tried to fill a column with increment number every x rows? For example, first five rows fill the number 1, on the 6th row the value will become 2, then on the 11th row the value will become 3 and so on as following screenshot shown, to solve this problem, this article may do you a favor.

Increment number every x rows with formula

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The following simple formula can help you to quickly fill the column with increment numbers every x rows as you want, please do as follows:

1. Enter this formula: =INT((ROW(E1)-1)/5)+1 into a blank cell where you want to fill the sequential numbers, see screenshot:

doc increment x rows 2

Note: In the above formula, the number 5 indicates to increment the numbers every 5 rows, you can change it to your need.

2. Then drag the fill handle down to the cells which you want to fill the increment numbers, and the numbers have been inserted with increment by 1 after every 5 rows, see screenshot:

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Faizul
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Hi, I'm working on a data creation where I have to create sequential numbers based on data present in columnA. I have to create id in sequence which I can later concatinate after generating the sequence. Challenge is depending on the count of each value in columnA, the series should fill incrementally based on the count of each value. Also max sequence numbers can be 6 only. If ColumnA rows for a specific value goes above 6, then next series number should start. Any help would be highly appreciated. Eg shown below.

ColumnA ColumnB
PTSA 1
PTSA 1
PTSB 2
PTSB 2
PTSC 3
PTSD 4
PTSE 5
PTSE 5
PTSE 5
PTSE 5
PTSE 5
PTSE 5
PTSE 6
PTSE 6
PTSF 7
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Vignesh
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Hi all,

How do i increase in the range of 100 instead of 1. For ex after every 5 columns i need 100 ,200 etc
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skyyang
skyyang     Vignesh
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Hello, Vignesh
To solve your problem, please apply the below fromula:
=(INT((ROW(A1)-1)/5)+1)*100
Please have a try, hope it can help you!
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Alfredo
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Hello!!! very interesting!!! Is there a way to do this but with months?
Something like:
A1
25/11/2018
25/11/2018
25/11/2018
25/11/2018
25/12/2018
25/12/2018
25/12/2018
25/12/2018
25/01/2019
25/01/2019
25/01/2019
25/01/2019.... and so on?

Thanks!
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skyyang
skyyang     Alfredo
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Hello, Alfredo
To solve your problem, please apply the below formula:
=DATE(YEAR("2018/11/25"),MONTH("2018/11/15")+INT((ROW(A1)-1)/4),DAY("2018/11/25"))
Note: If the date format does not match your need, please change the date format to oyur own.
Please have a try, hope it can help you!
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Yazen
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Hello,

What is the formula to add sequential numbers to every 8 rows. I don't want the rows in between to have any numbers (2-7, or 9-16, and so on).

Thank you,
Yazen
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skyyang
skyyang     Yazen
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Hello, Yazen
Sorry, I can't get your point, could you give a detailed example?
You can insert a screenshot or an Excel file of your problem here.
Thank you!
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Yazen     skyyang
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I am unable to add a screenshot or attach a file. But, here is what the excel looks like:
1 Apple 1
Apple 2
Apple 3
Apple 4
Apple 5
Apple 6

2 Orange 1
Orange 2
Orange 3
Orange 4
Orange 5
Orange 6

3 Banana 1
Banana 2
Banana 3
Banana 4
Banana 5
Banana 6

4 Melon 1
Melon 2
Melon 3
Melon 4
Melon 5
Melon 6


The numbers from 1 to 4 are manually entered. I am trying to figure out a formula that lets me add these numbers automatically to the first row category only and not every cell in that category.

Any help would be greatly appreciate it.

Thank you.
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skyyang
skyyang     Yazen
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Hello,
To solve your problem, please use the below formula:
=IF(MOD((ROW(A1)-1)/6, 1)=0,(ROW(A1)-1)/6+1, "")

https://www.extendoffice.com/images/stories/comments/comment-skyyang/doc-increase-numbers.png
Please have a try, hope it can help you!
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Yazen
Yazen     skyyang
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Thank you very much, that's exactly how I wanted it to be.
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Jay
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Hey, thank you for this article. can I increase the specified row by other value instead of 1?
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skyyang
skyyang     Jay
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Hello，Jay，
Sorry, I can't get your point, could you give a detailed example? You can insert a picture here to describe your problem.
Thank you!
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Rahul
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Thank you so much for this article.. It saved a lot of time for me. Appreciate your support guys..
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Marjan
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Hello, I was trying to use the same formula for every 12 rows. =INT((ROW(R5)-1)/(12))+1877. But it does not work
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skyyang     Marjan
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Hello, Marjan, To increment number every 12 Rows, please use this formula:=INT((ROW(E1)-1)/12)+1
Please try it, thank you!
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Thank you so much for this solution!!!!...........Your blog saves my night's sleep :)
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Srinath V
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Very helpful, thanks !
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Leslie
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How could you do this with workday instead of numbers?
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Matt
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How could you do this with columns? Dragging formula horizontally instead of vertically. Thank you.
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skyyang
skyyang     Matt
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Hi, Matt,
To solve your problem, please apply the below formula:
=INT((COLUMN(A1)-1)/5)+1
Please try, hope it can help you!
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Suresh     skyyang
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I Want stating number 908
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G. Esaie Kpadonou
G. Esaie Kpadonou     Suresh
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Hi, try this:
=INT((ROW()-1)/12)+908
NB:
1-remove header or rather use ROW()-2 with header
2-the number 12 in the formula stands for your increment row range: increment after 12 rows
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MandyZhou     G. Esaie Kpadonou
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Hello friend,

Thank you for your share. If you want to insert 908 in cell H1, Increment Number Every 5 columns, try this formula：
=INT((COLUMN(A1)-1)/5)+908

This formula can make the starting number 908 no matter where you insert the formula.

But if you input =INT((COLUMN()-1)/5)+908 in H1, the starting number will be changed to 909. So it is better to include A1 in the formula. Please have a try. Thanks.

Sincerely,
Mandy
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George Stathopoulos
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I am mac user How Increment Alphanumeric String By 2 Or More For A Column With Formula?Like that TEI-0001.jpg TEI-0001.jpg TEI-0001.jpg TEI-0002.jpg TEI-0002.jpg TEI-0002.jpg I use dogs.google
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Graeme     George Stathopoulos
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On a separate sheet to use for your math...Break the Alphanumeric into separate columns then, use the number columns for the incremental, then concatenate the results back, then copy the concatenated results and paste [as values] into the VBA script..
Column A text is "TEI-000"Column B text is "1"Column C text is ".jpg"
Use the formula "INT Row..." to do double number row lines for the number column.Columns "A" & "C" are unchanged so copy to last row of data.
Select all of the concatenated results, Copy, paste as values into another column to save your magic formula as a master reference sheet.
I've just done something like that for 100,000 cells with formulas.

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Helpful User     George Stathopoulos
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Unfortunately Google Dogs only supports functions sit, stay, fetch, and rollover.
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lmfao this is great
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