Generate customized sequential numbers with if formula

Sissi

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Hello,

I have a sheet with some data that populate based on some formulas and i want to create a column that will be used for unique IDs (ideally incrementing) everytime new data is entered.

The IDs should be created thus:
=if(a1=“51321”,(char84)& “the auto generated number”, if(a1=53202,(char54)& “the next auto generated number”, “”).

Can anyone help with this, please?
I know a macro will be the ideal but i am not too familiar with the types of coding.

Thanks
 

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Code:
=IF(A1=51321,CHAR(84)&ROW(),IF(A1=53202,CHAR(54)&ROW(),""))
 
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How's this?

Code:
=IF(A1=51321,CHAR(84)&ROW(),IF(A1=53202,CHAR(54)&ROW(),""))

Hi JonXL and thanks a lot for your reply,

I did try and the cells increment but I guess what I omitted in my previous post is that if there are empty cells between the results, I would like the next cell with a result to pick-up from the last number.
Right now, with this formula, the first couple of rows are like this:

T7
T8
Result in next cell is ""
Result in next cell is ""
T11
T12
T13
Result in next cell is ""
Result in next cell is ""
H16

I would like that after the empty cell, let's say for the result in T11, it should actually be T9, an increment of the last cell with a data. Same thing for the results between T13 and H16.

I hope my explanation makes sense.

Thanks a lot.
 
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