Autofill AAAA-AAAB etc

Peter621

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Hi one and all. I'm new to Excel, so fairly inept with formula etc. I had done a search of questions asked, and found a question that nearly but not quite hit the point. The question posed by 'cmendes on May 18th 2011. What I'm trying to do is to populate cell A1 with AAAA, then autofill (vertically) with AAAB all the way to ZZZZ. Why, I here you ask, I'm trying to set up a spread sheet of all UK aircraft registrations from AAAA-ZZZZ.
MTIA
Peter
 

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You do know that means about half a million rows? This can be done using PowerQuery. Which Excel version are you using?
 
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Try this for results in column "A":-
456976 Rows !!!!
Code:
[COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] MG06Aug23
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] a [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Long,[/COLOR] b [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Long,[/COLOR] c [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Long,[/COLOR] d [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Long,[/COLOR] n [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Long[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] a = 65 To 90
    [COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] b = 65 To 90
        [COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] c = 65 To 90
            [COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] d = 65 To 90
                n = n + 1
                Cells(n, 1) = Chr(a) & Chr(b) & Chr(c) & Chr(d)
            [COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] d
        [COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] c
    [COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] b
[COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] a
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
Regards Mick
 
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Try this, I think it is faster.

Code:
Sub Autofill_AAAA_AAAB()
  Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long, l As Long, n As Long
  Dim a()
  Application.ScreenUpdating = False
  n = 0
  Range("A:E").ClearContents
  For i = 1 To 26
    Range("B" & i & ":E" & i).Value = Evaluate("=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1," & i & ",4),""1"","""")")
  Next
  For i = 1 To 26
    For j = 1 To 26
      For k = 1 To 26
        For l = 1 To 26
          ReDim Preserve a(n)
          a(n) = Cells(i, 2) & Cells(j, 3) & Cells(k, 4) & Cells(l, 5)
          n = n + 1
        Next
      Next
    Next
    Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2).Resize(n).Value = Application.Transpose(a)
    n = 0
    ReDim a(n)
  Next
  Range("B:E").ClearContents
  MsgBox "End"
End Sub
 
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How about
Code:
Sub Peter621()
   Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long, l As Long, r As Long
   Dim Ary As Variant
   
   ReDim Ary(1 To 26 ^ 4, 1 To 1)
   For i = 65 To 90
      For j = 65 To 90
         For k = 65 To 90
            For l = 65 To 90
               r = r + 1
               Ary(r, 1) = Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & Chr(l)
            Next l
         Next k
      Next j
   Next i
   Range("A1").Resize(r).Value = Ary
End Sub

Beaten 2it
Very similar to MickG' method
 
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UDF?

A​
B​
1​
AAAAA1: =ColLtr(ROW() + 18278)
2​
AAAB
3​
AAAC
4​
AAAD
5​
AAAE
6​
AAAF
7​
AAAG
8​
AAAH
9​
AAAI
10​
AAAJ


Code:
Function ColLtr(ByVal iCol As Long) As String
  ' shg 2012
  ' Good for any positive Long
  If iCol > 0 Then ColLtr = ColLtr((iCol - 1) \ 26) & Chr(65 + (iCol - 1) Mod 26)
End Function
 
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Hi jkpieterse, thanks for your reply. Yes, I know there will be one or two rows, but then there are one or two aircraft on the British register. Excel 2013 is the version on my laptop.
Regards
Peter
 
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Hi to you all, and thank you for your reply.
I see that your answers are a 'code' solution. Umm, so what do I do with it, so to speak?
Regards
Peter
 
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HOW TO INSTALL MACROs
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If you are new to macros, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. To use the macro, go back to the worksheet with your data on it and press ALT+F8, select the macro name (Autofill_AAAA_AAAB) from the list that appears and click the Run button. The macro will execute and perform the action(s) you asked for. If you will need to do this again in this same workbook, and if you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "Yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.
 
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