counting numbers??

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probably not a suitable title...

ok my problem should be simple to explain.

i have in column B (from cells B2 to B20) 8 asterisks randomly
placed(*)

what i want to do is in column A (A2 to A20), the first time that the
star appears to write a '1' in the relative cell next to it, the second
time it appears in the list a '2' the third time a '3' and so on...
sounds simple and i thought it was. but im stumped. and dont know what
to search for on here sorry :(

thanks for any help
 
One way. Put this formula in A2 and drag it through A20:
=IF(B2="*",COUNTIF($B$2:B2,"*"),"")

Tyro
 
probably not a suitable title...

ok my problem should be simple to explain.

i have in column B (from cells B2 to B20) 8 asterisks randomly
placed(*)

what i want to do is in column A (A2 to A20), the first time that the
star appears to write a '1' in the relative cell next to it, the second
time it appears in the list a '2' the third time a '3' and so on...
sounds simple and i thought it was. but im stumped. and dont know what
to search for on here sorry :(

thanks for any help
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This assumes that the cell in column B will be either empty (blank), contain a
null string, or contain an asterisk.

A1: =IF(B1="","",COUNTIF($B$1:B1,"~*"))

Fill down to A20
--ron
 
probably not a suitable title...

ok my problem should be simple to explain.

i have in column B (from cells B2 to B20) 8 asterisks randomly
placed(*)

what i want to do is in column A (A2 to A20), the first time that the
star appears to write a '1' in the relative cell next to it, the second
time it appears in the list a '2' the third time a '3' and so on...
sounds simple and i thought it was. but im stumped. and dont know what
to search for on here sorry :(

thanks for any help
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Put this formula in A2:
=IF(B2="*";COUNTIF(B$2:B2;"*");"")

Per Erik
 
=IF(B2="*",COUNTIF($B$2:B2,"*"),"")

If there are any text entries in the range that formula will count them.

Try it with this data:

*
*
x
*
 
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