Dragging formula in Excel

Assuming you type the numbers from cell a1 then you can use this formula in B2

=A1 &"-vmtemp"

Also if you want to create a random number then you can you can use..

=Rand()&"-vmtemp"

You can also use row number as your reference point which is:-

=ROW()&"-vmtemp"

Saurabh..

=A1 &"-vmtemp" didn't work. It didnt even recognize the cell as a formula.

Right click on that cell-->Format cell--> and change the formatting to general from text and then reapply the same formula...

Saurabh

Here is the output of that. attached.
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Yeah that looked fine to me..Did you change the formatting of the cell to general like i told u...alternatively ctrl+1 as well to change the format for the cell as well..

If you are still not able to do so..can you post your workbook so that i can help you with the same..

Saurabh...

I changed the format to General but I need it to show like this:


964-vmtemp
965-vmtemp
966-vmtemp

etc

There is no formula able to do that just by dragging. However, you can extract the prior value and add one. This can be used in A2 and below.

=INT(LEFT(A1, FIND("-", A1)-1))+1 & "-vmtemp"

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got ya. But I only want to be able to right the 1st cell in A1. Then drag down all the way for like 300 cells. I only want to right 964-vmtemp once then drag that down and have the #s change

We could also use the row number, add an offset, and build a number that way ...

I Thought so...check the solution in E Column..it exactly does that...

Saurabh...

trying this now.

The original formula you gave me worked. I created another row and added the #s there than hid the row and applied the formula =A1&"-vmtemp" and dragged it down.

thanks!