Excel formula question

[tuathome]

Hi,
My first post in this forum. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

What I'm to achieve in ColumnB based on ColumnA: For each ID in ColumnA, create 3 IDs with letters A, R, S appended to the ID.
ColumnA ColumnB
[TABLE="width: 271"]
<colgroup><col><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]ABI117[/TD]
[TD]ABI117A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABI125[/TD]
[TD]ABI117R[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABI118[/TD]
[TD]ABI117S[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABI105[/TD]
[TD]ABI125A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABI100[/TD]
[TD]ABI125R[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABI114...[/TD]
[TD]ABI125S...
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

What should my formula for ColumnB be?
(I am currently using =INDIRECT("A"&2)&"A" and =INDIRECT("A"&2)&"R" and =INDIRECT("A"&2)&"S" ) But I need a way to copy this formula and paste it for the rest of the column.

Any ideas?
-Em

 

[Scott T]

Would VBA be OK

Sub idnums()Dim lr As Long
Dim nr As Long
lr = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row 'find last row of column A
nr = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
If nr < 2 Then nr = 2 'assums you want to start in row 2 column headers in row 1 and column is blank
For x = 2 To lr
    
    Cells(nr, 2) = Cells(x, "A") & "A"
    nr = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
    Cells(nr, 2) = Cells(x, "A") & "B"
    nr = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
    Cells(nr, 2) = Cells(x, "A") & "S"
    nr = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
Next x

End Sub

 

[tuathome]

Hi Scott,
Thanks for your suggestion. I haven't worked with VBA so is this all I need to embed into my Excel spreadsheet?
Em

Would VBA be OK

Sub idnums()Dim lr As Long
Dim nr As Long
lr = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row 'find last row of column A
nr = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
If nr < 2 Then nr = 2 'assums you want to start in row 2 column headers in row 1 and column is blank
For x = 2 To lr
    
    Cells(nr, 2) = Cells(x, "A") & "A"
    nr = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
    Cells(nr, 2) = Cells(x, "A") & "B"
    nr = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
    Cells(nr, 2) = Cells(x, "A") & "S"
    nr = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
Next x

End Sub

 

[Scott T]

in Excel open the VBA editor ALT-F11 or from the Developer tab select Visual Basic
In he VBA editor create a new module from the menu Insert-> Module
Past the code into the module
note the forum combined lines

Sub idnums()Dim lr As Long

should be

Sub idnums()
Dim lr As Long

To run the macro you can create a button that will run it or in Excel use ALT-F8 and select the macro and click run

 

[tuathome]

YAY Scott! I got it to work.
Thank you so much for your help. It saves my work day!!

in Excel open the VBA editor ALT-F11 or from the Developer tab select Visual Basic
In he VBA editor create a new module from the menu Insert-> Module
Past the code into the module
note the forum combined lines

Sub idnums()Dim lr As Long

should be

Sub idnums()
Dim lr As Long

To run the macro you can create a button that will run it or in Excel use ALT-F8 and select the macro and click run