Numeric alpha sequence question

[Phatcat67]

Hello everyone!

I need to create a formula that will allow me to make a list in the following sequence:

PC8101A
PC8101B
PC8101C
PC8101D
PC8101E

Then repeating all the way to PC8100E

Is there a macro I can use for such?

The first two letters will never change, the last is always a single letter A to E and the numbers need to increase incrementally

Hopefully that makes sense...

Thanks!

 

[wideboydixon]

Book1
	A
1	PC8101A
2	PC8101B
3	PC8101C
4	PC8101D
5	PC8101E
6	PC8102A
7	PC8102B
8	PC8102C
9	PC8102D
10	PC8102E
11	PC8103A
12	PC8103B
13	PC8103C
14	PC8103D
15	PC8103E
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
A1	="PC"&(INT((ROWS($A$1:$A1)-1)/5)+8101)&CHAR(65+MOD(ROWS($A$1:$A1)-1,5))

WBD

 

[JackDanIce]

Welcome to the board.

In A1 try:

="PC"&INT((ROW()-1)*0.2&(CHAR(65+MOD(ROW()-1,5)))

Then drag down

 

[JackDanIce]

Correction try:

="PC"&8101+INT((+ROW()-1)*0.2)&(CHAR(65+MOD(ROW()-1,5)))

(which is virtually same as WBD's suggestion)

 

[wideboydixon]

Yep. Same solution. Only thing to be aware of is that if the first row is anything other than row 1, our formulas produce different results. I've previously been chastised for using ROW() so I tend to use ROWS() now which doesn't have a direct dependency on the starting cell

WBD

 

[JackDanIce]

Agree, I went for simple and assumed it started in A1 without any other info, yours more flexible