If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

How do I create a specific number of duplicate records in Excel?

ailsybird · 2011-08-10 09:49:36

Is there a function for this? I'm editing an excel data file for statistical analysis in SPSS and I need to create specific numbers of duplicate records (each record corresponds to a row with 20 columns). In column A I have the number of duplicates I require - is there an easy function to do this or do I have to autofill…

10-08-2011 9:49am

#1

ailsybird

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭

Join Date: September 2005

Posts: 7

Is there a function for this? I'm editing an excel data file for statistical analysis in SPSS and I need to create specific numbers of duplicate records (each record corresponds to a row with 20 columns). In column A I have the number of duplicates I require - is there an easy function to do this or do I have to autofill manually the numbers of records?

Thanks

0

Comments

#2 10-08-2011 10:38am

MiCr0

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭

Join Date: February 1998

Posts: 5443

can't you just drag down from the bottom right corner for 20 lines and select copy cells?

0
#3 10-08-2011 11:29am

fionny

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭

Join Date: June 2007

Posts: 2266

Could you do:

=$A$1

drag it down then if you change A1 all the others will change?

0