Dragging a formula down

Hi,
I want to achieve the following:
A1=RIGHT($Data.B3,6)
A2=RIGHT($Data.B5,6)
A3=RIGHT($Data.B7,6)
A4=RIGHT($Data.B9,6)
A5=RIGHT($Data.B11,6)
A6=RIGHT($Data.B13,6)

I used to be able to do this by highlighting the first 2 cells and dragging from the corner down.

However I am now getting the following result which I can’t understand;

A1=RIGHT($Data.B3,6)
A2=RIGHT($Data.B5,6)
A3=RIGHT($Data.B5,6)
A4=RIGHT($Data.B7,6)
A5=RIGHT($Data.B7,6)
A6=RIGHT($Data.B9,6)

Is they a way to fix this?

By the way, MS Excel gives the same results. Hence, spreadsheets think differently. :slightly_smiling_face:

what is confusing me the most is it worked so far in another before doing this
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IF you fill down
B3
B5
you will get
B7
B9
etc.

But if you fill down
=B3
=B5
you will get
=B5 (that is; B3 augmented by 2, that is the row distance)
=B7 (that is; B5 augmented by 2)
=B7 (that is; B5 augmented by 2)

Don’t know if this is the intended behavior.

So, you can write:
A1: =RIGHT($Data.B3,6)
Select A1 and A2 (empty), fill down, select the range and sort.

Not for me.

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I would organize the data properly so each single row defines one record of data.
Anyway,
=RIGHT(OFFSET($B$3;ROW()*2;0);6) should do the job.

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