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MS Excel : changing the counter in formula to some other than the one Excel has assumed

An excel formula looks like this 

=", " &($C$1)+1

Here's how the data looks when I paste special --> forumulas 

    1
, 2
, 3
, 3

I want it to increase the LAST Number +1 in the counter . Something like 

    1
, 2
, 3
, 4

I can of course fix it many "work-around" ways like having 1 more column for the step up counter and then using it in the formula. Here Excel BY DEFAULT will step up the counter on Column C1 like this

 =", " &(C1)+1

and increase C1 to C2 C3 ..Cn on a "paste special" ..unless you freeze it with $C$1 but then it's not sensible enough to consider the last +1 as the counter and use that. So the counter remains the same and the value is the same. How to tell excel to use the last + 1 as the counter

Solution

  • Maybe 

    =", " & SUBSTITUTE(C1,", ","")+1