Hello all!

Can anyone help me and tell how i will get the excel to automatically continue and fulfill mine pattern?



The main idea is that i have to start from 001-01-01

The last value (on the right side) varies from 01 to 03.

Example:After 001-01-03 follows 001-02-01 and after 001-02-03 comes 001-03-01 and 001-03-02....

The second value (in the middle) haves values from 01 to 21. After it reaches 21 the firs number will grow by one and the second value drops to 01.

Example: 001-21-03 after comes 002-01-01 and then 002-01-02....

The first value (left side) can have values to for example 1-100

Example: 100-01-01....100-01-02.

Any ideas?
p.s i have excel 2016

There should be something you can work with at https://www.msofficeforums.com/excel...nce-excel.html

I don't know about Excel's pattern abilities. I thought at first I'd do it with IF statements, but the more I tested that the more complicated it got. Instead I treated it as a base-number calculation, using ROW() as the sequential number and calculating each of the three columns. See the attached x.xlsx.

I'm used to R1C1 notation, but most folks prefer A1 so I'll give it a try despite its limitations. Columns X, Y and Z calculate the value of each position—except to make the calculation simpler they go from 0 to 2, 0 to 20 and 0 to 99. Then U, V and W add 1 to each value and convert it to a character string with leading zeroes. In column A you concatenate the three values together with hyphens. You can skip U-V-W and do the conversion and concatenation in column A if you'd rather.

Attached Files

x.xlsx (29.9 KB, 14 views)

Hi,

Many thanks for replies. Bob you solved my problem.

Thank you!