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Excel 365 Sequence Function

Everyone knows the trick to creating a sequence of number in Microsoft Excel.  Start the sequence and then select it and drag down the column (or rows) creating the sequence of numbers.

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However, in the Office 365 version of Microsoft Excel there is a new dynamic array formula

=SEQUENCE(rows, [columns], [start], [step])

Positive sequence 1 to 20 example

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Negative sequence 20 to 1 example

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Positive sequence 1 to 6 across columns

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Sequence of 20 days ascending

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Sequence of the months of the year

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Sequence of numbers across 10 rows and 5 columns starting at 0 and stepping by 3

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Last one - Sequence of numbers 1 to 20 with a prefix AND the number only shows if there is an item in the B column

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