Help Update MID function with additional character based on same value in multiple of 3.

gargilang

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Hello, I need help with updating below formula to add some characters to make it more unique among themselves. Please see below example in yellow.
Book1
ABCD
1DataItem
21_1111_aaa11111111TRUE
32_22222_aaa2222222222TRUE
43_22222_bbb2222222222FALSE
54_22222_ccc2222222222FALSE
65_3333_aaa33333333-1TRUE
76_3333_bbb33333333-1FALSE
87_3333_ccc33333333-1FALSE
98_3333_ddd33333333-2TRUE
109_44444_aaa4444444444-1TRUE
1110_44444_bbb4444444444-1FALSE
1211_44444_ccc4444444444-1FALSE
1312_44444_ddd4444444444-2TRUE
1413_44444_eee4444444444-2FALSE
1514_44444_fff4444444444-2FALSE
1615_44444_ggg4444444444-3TRUE
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:B16B2=SUBSTITUTE(MID(A2,FIND("_",A2,1)+1,5),"_","")
D2:D16D2=MOD(COUNTIF($B$2:$B2,B2),3)=1

If the same items is repeated more than 3, than I would need them to be unique among themselves to separate them. The character to differentiate can be anything (-1, -2, -3 or a, b, c). Probably combining the Mod function that I use on the other cell?
I hope it makes sense. Thank you for all the help in advance.
 

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C2:
Code:
=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"_",REPT(" ",10)),10,10))&IF(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$16,"*_" &TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"_",REPT(" ",10)),10,10))&"_*")>3,"-"&INT((COUNTIF($A$2:$A2,"*_" &TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"_",REPT(" ",10)),10,10))&"_*")-1)/3)+1,"")
 
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Solution
C2:
Code:
=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"_",REPT(" ",10)),10,10))&IF(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$16,"*_" &TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"_",REPT(" ",10)),10,10))&"_*")>3,"-"&INT((COUNTIF($A$2:$A2,"*_" &TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"_",REPT(" ",10)),10,10))&"_*")-1)/3)+1,"")
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Nice to hear it works.
If your data reach several thousand rows, formula may cause PC slow down.
If so, come back and VBA code will be offerred.
 
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