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In Excel, columnA I have values which need to be tripled in columnB

So I currently have

     A
1   val1
2   val2
3   val3

I'd like each value to be tripled in column B, such as

     A          B
1   val1       val1
2   val2       val1
3   val3       val1
4              val2
5              val2
6              val2
7              val3
8              val3
9              val3

How can I do this?

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closed as unclear what you're asking by Dave, CharlieRB, DavidPostill♦, mdpc, Nifle Jun 7 '15 at 13:30

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  • I have made a MASSIVE change to your question as it was very unclear, I hope I've got it right for you. If you don't like it, please click on this link and roll it back – Dave Jun 1 '15 at 12:18
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Based on Dave's change, formula from B2 onwards should read:

=INDEX($A$2:$A$9,CEILING(ROWS($B$2:$B2)/3,1),1)

How it works

ROWS($B$2:$B2)/3

The ROWS function divided by 3 says that for every 3 rows you fill down the formula, it will look one cell further down for A's value. The first $B$2 uses absolute referencing because you always want the formula to remember where the first cell in B is. The second $B2 will fill down and tell it how far to count to.

CEILING(#,1)

The CEILING function with a precision of 1 will ensure your ROWS result (#) is rounded up to the nearest whole number, and so tells us how far down A to go.

INDEX($A$2:$A$9, #)

The INDEX function uses your result to return the #'th item from your table in column A.

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  • I would have said this had to be done with VBa, what a good answer. +1 (simply because I can't give it the +2 it deserves for the explanation you provided) – Dave Jun 1 '15 at 13:06

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