Formula for creating identity column in Excel
A more versatile approach (no copying down etc) is Series Fill, on the Ribbon under HOME > Editing - Fill. Seed the start cell with the start value (1 in the example), if necessary reselect it, and as shown if to increment by 1 down a column one hundred times:
Can be across a row instead, dates etc, but the main advantage over =A1+1 may be that no formula is involved.
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Updated on November 22, 2022Comments
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Josh over 1 year
I'm sure my terminology is off, I just want a formula to put in a column in excel where each cell equals the cell above it + 1. End result I make the first cell 1 and the rest count up from there. Maybe there's a more correct way to do this. Suggestions?
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Ken White about 12 yearsSO is for programming-related questions, not general software use questions. For that we have SuperUser. I've voted to move your question there, where it is more suitable. Thanks. :) (And you can just use
=A1 + 1in cellB1, and then copy the formula down as many rows as you'd like. It will adjust the formula for you automatically as long as you don't use absolute references.) -
Jerry Beaucaire about 12 yearsI believe he means put =A1+1 in cell A2 and copy down.
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