Allocating a letter reference to a row in excel using

[QS Guy]

Hi, first post so hopefully I don't sound like too much of a novice!

I want to have certain rows with a character reference running from A-Z
However I only want it to have a reference if there is data on that row.

For example if cell B1 has data then I want A1 to say "A"
If the next row holds no data I want to skip that row.
If B3 has data then A3 would read "B" and so on.

I have tried messing around with =CHAR(CODE(A1)+1) but it only works when it's for every row

Is there a way to say =IF B1 <>"" then A1 = CHARACTER FROM LAST FILLED CELL+1


Hopeful that makes sense to somebody.

 

[Joe4]

Welcome to the Board!

Place this formula in cell A1 and copy down column A for as far as you need:

=IF(B1<>"",CHAR(64+COUNTA($B$1:$B1)),"")

 

[JackDanIce]

Welcome to the board.

In A1 try:

=IF(LEN(B1),CHAR(COUNTA($B$1:$B1)+64),"")

Then drag down as required.

 

[QS Guy]

This done exactly what I need.

Thanks so much for the quick response!

 

[QS Guy]

Welcome to the Board!

Place this formula in cell A1 and copy down column A for as far as you need:

=IF(B1<>"",CHAR(64+COUNTA($B$1:$B1)),"")

Welcome to the board.

In A1 try:

=IF(LEN(B1),CHAR(COUNTA($B$1:$B1)+64),"")

Then drag down as required.

Both work perfectly, thanks so much.

 

[JackDanIce]

You're welcome

 

[Joe4]

You are welcome!

They pretty much work the same way. The only difference is how each checks for an empty string in column B.
In Excel, there are often many different ways to accomplish the same thing!