Generate Cyclical Sequences

Cubist

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I'm wondering if there's a better way than what I'm doing to generate a cyclical sequence given the length and number of elements in each cycle. For example, I'm generating a sequence of length 21 rows. Each of the cycle consists of 3 elements (1,2,3).

Book1
ABC
1Length21
2Num of element in each cycle3
3
4
5
61
72
83
91
102
113
121
132
143
151
162
173
181
192
203
211
222
233
241
252
263
27
Sheet3
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
A6:A26A6=LET(m,MOD(SEQUENCE(B1),B2),IF(m=0,B2,m))
Dynamic array formulas.
 

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a slightly shorter way

Excel Formula:
=MOD(SEQUENCE(B1)-1,B2)+1
 
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Another way
Excel Formula:
=MOD(SEQUENCE(B1,,0),B2)+1
 
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Solution
Both work, however, Fluff's is a tad shorter without the -1. Thank you for the answers.
 
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