How to insert numbers in a column (between blank rows)

rudolphrc

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I have an excel document with 8000 + rows with 23 columns and desire to populate the UID column with a number with everything associatedwith that item (between row breaks). What formula can I use to populate the UID column automatically insequential order?(I’ve populated thedata shown below).

Column 1 UID, Column 2 ser #, Column 3 Item

[TABLE="width: 372"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="width: 100"]UID #

[/TD]
[TD="width: 93"]PKG_ID

[/TD]
[TD="width: 303"]DESCRIPTION

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]1
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]BOXRBATTERY
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]BATTERY STORAGE RM
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]1
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]C115529117
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]BATTERY (K)

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]1
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]C082732718
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]BATTERY (4)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]1
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]C115529133
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]BATTERY (B)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]1
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]C115529164
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]BATTERY (3)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]2
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]9480968
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]TRUCK
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]2
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]PO9480968
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]RADIO
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]3
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]9480967
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]TRUCK,UTILITY
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]3
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]PO9480967
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]RADIO
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]4
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]9480965
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]TRUCK
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]4
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]PO9480965
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]RADIO
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]4
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]5127431
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]FLOODLIGHT
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]4
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]5127809
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]GENERATOR
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]9480963
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]TRUCK
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]5
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]PO9480963
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]RADIO
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]6
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]3460954
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]TRUCK
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]6
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]PO9480954
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]RADIO
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]6
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]9504639

[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]CLEANER,STEAM
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]7
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]6770953
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]TRUCK
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]7
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]PO9480953
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]RADIO
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]7
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]5126126
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]FLOODLIGHT
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 100, bgcolor: transparent"]7
[/TD]
[TD="width: 93, bgcolor: transparent"]5127159
[/TD]
[TD="width: 303, bgcolor: transparent"]GENERATOR

[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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In the data I provided there is a header row and the first data field would be (A2) which I have populate the number 1 requesting after every blank row then the number would be (2) etc...... in the data set here the blank rows are (A7), (A10) etc....
 
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Hi,

Based on your sample, formula in A2 copied down:


Book1
ABC
1UIDser #Item
21BOXRBATTERYBATTERY STORAGE RM
31C115529117BATTERY (K)
41C082732718BATTERY (4)
51C115529133BATTERY (B)
61C115529164BATTERY (3)
7
829480968TRUCK
92PO9480968RADIO
10
1139480967TRUCK,UTILITY
123PO9480967RADIO
13
1449480965TRUCK
154PO9480965RADIO
1645127431FLOODLIGHT
1745127809GENERATOR
18
1959480963TRUCK
205PO9480963RADIO
21
2263460954TRUCK
236PO9480954RADIO
2469504639CLEANER,STEAM
25
2676770953TRUCK
277PO9480953RADIO
2875126126FLOODLIGHT
2975127159GENERATOR
Sheet545
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
A2=IF(B2="","",IF(N(A1),A1,MAX(A$1:A1)+1))
 
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