If cell is blank Then ...

[Just Marty]

Been trying to figure this out and just can't seem to get it -

In Col A some rows have an text entry and some are blank
Col B has a numerical value

What I need to do is:

If Col A is blank and Col B has a value then insert in Col A, starting with the number 1, increasing by 1, a sequential number

If Col A is blank and Col B is blank - end of file

Excel 2000 Windows 7

 

[kkfighter]

Hi,

Imagine from excel, imput at C2 and C3 and the just copy C3 down.

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 144pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=192 border=0><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 48pt" span=3 width=64><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=64 height=17>Col A</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=64>Col B</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=64>Formulae</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17>1</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"></TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right>1</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17></TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right>2</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right>2</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right height=17>3</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right>2</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right>3</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17></TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"></TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">End of File</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
First cell = =IF(AND(A2="",B2=""),"End of File",1)
Second cell =IF(AND(A3="",B3=""),"End of File",1+C2)
Smile,
KK

 

[Peter_SSs]

If you haven't resolved this, any chance of a small set of 'before' and 'after' data?
My signature block below contains 3 methods for posting small screen shots. Test them in the Test Here forum. That way, if something goes wrong, you won’t be messing up a main forum.

 

[Just Marty]

I tried the 1st response and did not get what I was wanting - it was not increasing the number in col A and put a number if Col A even if it was not blank

below is a sample of what I have and what I would like

before

Excel Workbook
	A	B
1
2		0.004628
3		0.014563
4		0.091943
5	TEST
6		0.148121
7		0.169802
8	TEST
9		0.182649
10		0.230493
11		0.2718
12		0.390628
13
14
Sheet1 (2)

Excel Workbook
	A	B
1
2	1	0.004628
3	1	0.014563
4	3	0.091943
5	TEST
6	4	0.148121
7	5	0.169802
8	TEST
9	6	0.182649
10	7	0.230493
11	8	0.2718
12	9	0.390628
13
14
Excel 2000 this is what I would like it to be Sheet1 (2)

Excel 2000



any help would be much appreciated -
I will be back later to check in

Marty

 

[Just Marty]

Even after previewing before I posted there is an error in the sample of what I was wanting

Col A row 2 should be 1

Col A row 3 should be 2

Sorry for the oops!

 

[Haseeb Avarakkan]

Try,

<b>Excel 2007</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0.004628</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0.014563</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style="text-align: right;;">3</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0.091943</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style=";">TEST</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">6</td><td style="text-align: right;;">4</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0.148121</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">7</td><td style="text-align: right;;">5</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0.169802</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">8</td><td style=";">TEST</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">9</td><td style="text-align: right;;">6</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0.182649</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">10</td><td style="text-align: right;;">7</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0.230493</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">11</td><td style="text-align: right;;">8</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0.2718</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">12</td><td style="text-align: right;;">9</td><td style="text-align: right;;">0.390628</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A2</th><td style="text-align:left">=IF(<font color="Blue">AND(<font color="Red">N(<font color="Green">B3</font>),B2=""</font>),"TEST",IF(<font color="Red">N(<font color="Green">B2</font>),MAX(<font color="Green">A$1:A1</font>)+1,""</font>)</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />
Copy down...

 

[Peter_SSs]

Maybe this.

1. Select column A by clicking its heading label.

2. Edit|Go To...|Special...|Blanks|OK

3. Type (or paste) this formula (see Note below)
=COUNT(B$1:B1)
and confirm that formula with Ctrl+Enter, not just Enter

4. Delete the '0' formula in A1 if you want.

Note: If A1 actually contains something (eg heading) then after step 2 the active cell would be A2, not A1. In that case the formula you typed should still refer to the active cell row. So it would be this instead:
=COUNT(B$2:B2)

 

[Scott Huish]

Excel Workbook
	A	B
2	1	0.004628
3	2	0.014563
4	3	0.091944
5	TEST	*
6	4	0.148122
7	5	0.169803
8	TEST	*
9	6	0.182649
10	7	0.230493
11	8	0.271812
12	9	0.390628
Sheet1