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Auto-number Records And Columns In An Excel Database

April 9, 2021 - by Bill Jelen

Auto-number Records And Columns In An Excel Database

Challenge: You want to build formulas to automatically serially number records and column headers in a database to which AutoFilter is applied and in which selected columns are hidden.

In the database shown in Figures 65 and 66, the records as well as columns are numbered normally. Figure 66 illustrates how the database appears when AutoFilter is applied to show records for total marks > 335 and the columns for Chemistry and Math are hidden. You want to auto-number the records (1 through 7 in this example) and column headers (1 through 5 in this example) by using formulas.

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You want to extract all unique values from a column of text data that may contain several instances of a particular value. A procedure like this is useful when you need to populate a list box or combo box with unique values for user selection.

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You want to build a formula to return the sum of all the digits in a string of text. For example, applying the formula on the text string “I am 24 years old and my Dad is 43” should yield 13 (2+4+4+3).

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