Fibonacci Sequence Number Generator – Excel Easy Trick

What is the Fibonacci Number Sequence?

Fibonacci series is a sequence of numbers. Any number in the list is a sum of last 2 numbers ahead of it (i.e., Last 2 preceding numbers).

This series can be generated in Excel using 2 methods.

1. Using Excel VBA code
2. Using Auto-fill & Sum Formula

In both methods, for a Fibonacci sequence, the first two numbers have to be explicitly mentioned. Sample series: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 … n.

Fibonacci Sequence Tool

There is special formula to find the Nth number in a Fibonacci series. But, in this article, we are just going to look at how to generate the series with Excel Macro.

1. Open a new Excel workbook.
2. Enter ‘0’ in A1, ‘1’ in A2. ’10’ in C3.
3. Press Alt+F11 to view VB editor.
4. Copy paste below code.
5. Press F5 to execute the code.

Once executed, this will generate Fibonacci series in sheet1.

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Fibonacci Series in Excel

This method used just the Sum formula & Auto-fill option. Using this we can generate any number of Fibonacci list in few minutes.

1. Type ‘0’ in Cell A1.
2. Type ‘1’ in Cell A2.
3. Enter ‘=A1 + A2’ in Cell A3.
4. Select cell A3.
5. Drag the formula to N number of cells to get Fibonacci series.

We can change the first & second number to automatically get other Fibonacci numbers changed in order.

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