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  1. Dears hi,

    i have date in format dd,mmm,yyyy

    date is

    16-01-2017
    17-01-2017

    But want as in text format like

    '16-01-2017
    '17-01-2017

    any one can help with this

    thank you

  2. hello all;

    i want to concatenate cells from sheet 1 according to certain criteria
    and i successfully did. But the problem i face now, if i insert new line between existing lines in the sheet 1 the function will skip the new line.
    any idea how to make it on all lines?

    Thank you
    Regards

  3. CORRECTION

    Hello All,
    I spent great deal of time trying to solve my case by searching on the web
    for the correct Excel formula, but unfortunately I'm still looking for it.
    I saw a lot of samples, videos, tutorial…still not yet found what I’m
    looking for. I’m must confess, I’m new in this and it’s quite hard to
    find the correct formula for the following problem (pretty tricky):
    I have an article with Id# 300045 and this article has 5 pictures – 300045,
    300045k, 300045ak, 300045bk.
    I want to retrieve all 5 pictures to this specific Id 300045 as follows:

    COL A COL B COL C COL D COL E
    300045 300045 300045k 300045ak 300045bk
    300045k 990099 990099k 990099bk
    300045ak 915501 915501k
    300045bk 915502
    300045ck 930045 930045ak 930045kk
    990099
    990099k
    990099bk
    915501
    915501k
    915502
    930045
    930045k
    930045ak
    930045kk

    Any ideas?

    Thank you for your help.
    Best regards,
    Miguel

  4. Hey,

    I am using the concatenate command to put a group of things together. One of the numbers is a sum of a bunch of numbers from another page and when not formatted it has a number of digits after the decimal point (17.9476930697) In the original cell I have it formatted to only show 2 digits after the decimal point but when I run the command the formatting resets and shows every number after the digit point.

    I have multiple cells and multiple lines so just "hard inputting" the number isn't much of an option and its a document that could undergo revisions.

    Is there anyway to format numbers within a concatenate command?

    Cheers,

    1. The ROUND function can be used to change the number of decimal places being shown when you are concatenating - e.g. text in cell A1, number with 9 decimal places in B1. The following will reduce to the number part to 2 decimal places:

      =CONCATENATE(A1,ROUND(B1,2))

  5. hello all,
    I have a situation need your advise on how to get my intended result in excel.
    In sheet1--> column C --> row 10, I have a sentence / description referring to a sum of quantity (say 250MT) which is a sum of various units in sheet2 (say sum of 10 containers detailed with various other information).
    the question is how to merge the cell of sum in sheet2 In sheet1--> column C --> row 10.
    Appreciate your advise by email.
    thank you

  6. This is a really useful article. It allowed me to build my own simple binary converter in Excel. Thanks!

  7. Hi Everyone,
    I Do Make sale sheets for my company in excel, In A1 I put a company Name and and B1 i put the representative from our marketing team, like wise i already made a sheet with thousand companies and representative,i want that when i write a compan name while making sales sheet so the representative name auto fill in cell by the date above which i made,

    can any one help me out for this.

  8. How to concatenate ROW and COLUMN values?

  9. I am trying to join text with number cell with CONCATENATE. Now number cell is formatted as if minus its in Red and if plus its written in blue. is it possible to reflect the same formatting with CONCATENATE?

  10. Column A
    330
    340
    320
    232
    343

    Column B
    05
    05,08,09
    03,04,08
    01,02,05,06,07,03,04,08,09
    06,01 0.45 23207

    Price
    0.50
    0.25
    0.98
    0.58
    0.45

    Find_Price (After concatenation of column A & B)
    33005
    34008
    32004
    34009
    23207

  11. Dear All, I have a query related to mix of concatenate and lookup, so please see below my requirement and help for the same.

    Column A Column B Price Find_Price
    330 05 0.50 33005
    340 05,08,09 0.25 34008
    320 03,04,08 0.98 32004
    232 01,02,05,06,07,03,04,08,09 0.58 34009
    343 06,01 0.45 23207

  12. I have a list of employee IDs with corresponding data, some employees have multiple rows of information. I'm trying to create a single row for each employee by moving the 2nd & 3rd lines of information onto a single line. Some employees have just one line, others 2 and some 3. Can a do an if statement to see if cell row below = cell row above & then concatenate? What happens to empty cells in the selection of cells?

  13. Is there a way to grab the first initial of the word in column A and concatenate it with the contents of column B?
    Column A Column B Column C
    Jim Noriega JNoriega
    John Doe JDoe

  14. I was wondering if there is a way to concatenate based on if function.
    Please see below.
    Thank,

    Input
    --------|Class 1|Class 2|Class 3
    Person 1-|---x---|-------| ---x---|
    Person 2-|---x---|---x---| -------|
    Person 3-|---x---|-------| ---x---|

    Output

    Class 1 Person 1, Person 2, Person 3
    Class 2 Person 2
    Class 3 Person 1, Person 2

  15. I was wondering if there is a way to concatenate based on if function.
    Please see below.
    Thank,

    Input
    Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
    Person 1 x x
    Person 2 x x
    Person 3 x x

    Output

    Class 1 Person 1, Person 2, Person 3
    Class 2 Person 2
    Class 3 Person 1, Person 2

  16. Hello

    If someone can help to take out and flight and combine the total sum of each destination

    1.FEBRIANA/SALSABILA MS F BWN BKK YO A 051H I-BI796 SUB
    1PCS 10KG

    2.HABTESELSSIE/MELA MISS F BWN BKK YS A 049C I-BI828 BKI
    1PCS 11KG

    3.ISKANDAR/FRANS HUBE MR M BWN BKK YQ A 030A I-BI796 SUB
    M 2PCS 20KG

    4.KUSUMADEWI/LANYAWA MRS F BWN BKK YQ A 030B I-BI796 SUB
    H 2PCS 20KG

  17. Re:above

    I should have said I only want to concatenate the ID numbers based on the ones who said no.

  18. Hi

    On one tab I have 2 rows of columns, 1 is an ID number and the other a simple yes or no response.

    I only want to concatenate the results of those who's answer is No to another tab (lets say from tab B & tab A)

    My range of ID's is B6:B35 and responses of Yes/No is K6:K35.

    Each time I do this I am getting all ID's coming through so I'm not sure how to exclude these in a formula. I'm not experienced with macro's so that won't be an option if that's the only way to do it.

    If it can't be done in one formula then that my next option is to create and hide a column on tab B that shows relevant ID's based on an IF function so that if there is no way to concatenate all values individually across two columns, I will be able to get the ones I need from one column. I'm just wondering there's a tidier way (hope that makes sense).

    Thanks in advance.

    Ian

  19. Dear all,

    it is possible to "force" Excel in some way, to count with the string, constructed by CONCATENATE, as the function?

    For explanation - I have this data: CONCATENATE(„=“;“1″;“+“;“1″) and I need the result to see as "2" and not only as "=1+1"

    Any idea?

    Thanks for your answer in advance!!!

    1. Hi Richard,

      For this, use the embedded SUM function like this:

      =CONCATENATE("=";SUM(1+1))

      1. Hi Svetlana, yes, it count the embedded numerical example, but the result is still the string in the shape "=2". I need some solution, where the result is not a string, but the completely counted function (i.e. only "2").

        In real, I have a little bit complicated data in my sheet, "1+1" is only example for easy explanation of my problem.

        1. Richard,

          The result of the Concatenate function is always a text string. If you want to return a number, use SUM or SUMIF function, or a combination of Sum functions. It's not possible to advise an exact formula without knowing the details of your task.

  20. I have this data. May I know how can I achieve the results in column C by input (what) formulas? Thanks alot.

    A B C
    Name Code Formulas Results
    P1 002 002, 003
    P1 003
    P2 004 004, 006, 007
    P2 006
    P2 007
    P3 005 005, 008
    P3 008

  21. JUVITA F. RENDIZA in 1 column.. i would like to separate then in each column for Last name- Firtsname- Middle Name.. pls give me the formula

    lots of thanks

  22. How do I combine if i have a multiple rows like this

    9005a
    9006a
    9007a
    9008a
    9010a
    9011b
    9032c
    9033a
    9034a
    9035a
    9113b
    9114a

    I want the result to be like this
    9005a thru 9008a, 9010a, 9011b

    but i only have limited number characters lets say i only have 50 characters. and the following series of numbers should be on the next row above the first result. it shows like this,

    Row 1 : 9005a thru 9008a, 9010a, 9011b
    Row 2 : 9032c thru 9035a,9113b, 9114a

    and there should have ni repeatetive number.

    Thank You in advance!

  23. What do I write, if I want to have the output from referencing a large amount of cells, like =CONCATENATE(S33:S94), but I want a " " between each of the cell values?

    1. If you have too many values this would take forever. I found an easier solution. I had to merge the values of 2000 cells down a column, say column B, into one cell with a | between each value. Listing 2000 cells individually would have taken forever.

      In C2 I put the formula =CONCATENATE(B1&"|"&B2)
      Then, in C3 I put =CONCATENATE(C2&"|"&B4)
      Copy the 2nd formula down as far as you want. In a moment I ended up with cell C2000, that had 2000 values all in one cell separtaed by |.

      1. For the second formula I meant in C3 put =CONCATENATE(C2&"|"&B3)

    2. In this case you should reference each cell individually and insert spaces in between, like this:
      =CONCATENATE(S33, " ", S34, " ", S35, " ", ..., S94)

  24. Please Somebody tell me I need formula i want that Suppose any mathematics digit add in any person name how can i get any mathematics digit add in any Person name to apply by formula.

  25. Sir,
    May I apply concatenate formula for more then 1000 cell.

  26. A1 B1
    Aug-16 BR BANDAR

    How do I combine both of above cells (A1 & B1) into "Bandar August-16" by dropping the word "BR" ?

    1. Hi Asmiza,

      Does A1 contain a date in the mmm-dd format or text "Aug-16"? You can check this by selecting cell A1 and viewing the value in the formula bar.

      If it's a date, you can use the following formula:

      =TEXT(A1, "dd-mmmm") &RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-SEARCH(" ",B1)+1)

      If it's a text, then use this one:

      =A1 &RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-SEARCH(" ",B1)+1)

  27. hi All,

    How to convert 3-10-10-10-10001 In 310101010001. ?

    Please Help

    1. Hello Azeem,

      You can use Excel's Find and Replace feature (Ctrl+H) and replace dashes with nothing, i.e. you type a hyphen (-) in the "Find what" box, leave the "Replace with" box empty and click Replace All.

  28. Hi

    I'm combining two cell using formula CONCATENATE. first cell contains different formats in single cell i.e. CYBER-METRIC and ARIAL. other cell has text content.

    final Result is changing the whole content into ARIAL format.
    we need text to be just the same as cell1 with mix of different format (i.e. Both cyber-metrics & Arial in single Cell).

    Please tell whether it is possible or not.

  29. Hi, Hope you can help

    I have Column A and Column B
    in Column A, I have A1 to Axx
    In column B , I have B1 to Bxx

    I need to create a list something like this

    A1:B1 A2:B2 A3:B3......Axx:Bxx

    So I can use something like this

    =CONCATENATE("List ",B1,":",D1," ",B2,":",D2," ",Bxx,":",Dxx )

    My question is, how can I enter all the cells in the column easily?

    Thanks in advance

  30. hi
    my doubt is ,if i can use concatenate for the below data ,
    SL NO NAME DOCS TO BE TAKEN OUTPUT SHOULD BE
    123 HARI SALARY SLIP SALARY SLIP,MARKSHEET EXP CERT
    123 HARI MARKSHEET
    123 HARI EXP CERT
    124 TIM SALARY SLIP SALARY SLIP, EXP CERT
    124 TIM EXP CERT
    125 LOGAN SALARY SLIP SALARY SLIP

  31. I have a doubt with concatenate with time, fr example i have abc123456 in A1 and 4.00 PM in B1 so if i use the formula the time changes to 0.666667. can you help me with that.

    1. Use CONCATENATE(A1;" ";TEXT(B1;"h.mm AM/PM")

  32. Hi there, I'm trying to Concatenate two cells but my formula cell just displays the formula not the answer. Cell F23 has 'KM 11510', Cell G23 has 'Sheet Music and Document Holder'. I used the function library and the Function Arguments show the Formula Result = 'KM 11510 Sheet Music and Document Holder', which is what I want. But when I press OK, the field shows =CONCATENATE(F23," ",G23). I have checked that Calculation Options are on Automatic. I've tried switching it to manual and back, I've tried saving and re-opening. any suggestions? Thanks very much.

  33. hi
    im having an issue using a formula on a multiple cells
    like i want to get a text when i put something in a multiple cells

  34. thankyou sir

  35. hi,
    i want to add rows having same names for ex
    columnA columnB
    A 1
    A 2
    A 3
    B 1
    B 2
    C 1222
    C 2121

    Which formula is usefull for this??

  36. We maintain medical equipments purchase, sales, stock sl.no. wise. Example of sl. No.is ASHD-7891, ASDG-2367 etc. How advance excel recognize these sl nos

  37. How do I take a column of numbers and put it in one cell separated by commas.

    (123,234,345,456,678) I want this result

  38. Hi,
    Please share how can we concatenate list of cells values with comma, like A,B,C
    Table
    P2-G021
    P2-6704
    P2-3045
    P2-I172
    P2-6056
    P2-I046
    P2-1582

    Thanks
    Harish

  39. How can i print the report as given below

    Source
    RAJA 500 3
    RAJA 300 4
    SHYAM 200 5
    SHYAM 300 4
    SHYAM 100 3
    VENU 200 4

    RESULT
    RAJA 500/3, 300/4
    SHYAM 200/5, 300/4, 100/3
    VENU 200/4

    Please reply

  40. Hi,
    Am trying to create a production planning sheet where I have to provide data with comma separators for the values for convenient reading.

    When I use concatenate function I cannot get the commas in the middle.

    When I use the function it return 100000 Mtrs/Day Where areas I require it as 1,00,000 Mtrs /Day.

    Is there any function to do it ?

    Please help.

    1. _ * #,##0_ ;_ * -#,##0_ ;_ * "-"_ ;_ @_

      Format cell by above using custom cell use unit Mtrs/Day in next cell
      because you wan't to use in production sheet. This is not my formulae
      but it will help you.

    2. Arun,

      I am afraid it's not possible. The display representation of cell values is controlled by the format applied to a given cell. If you had a regular number, it would be sufficient to check the "Use 1,000 separator" box in the Format Cell dialog. However, the result of the Concatenate formula is an text string, and Excel cannot insert a thousand separator there.

  41. Hi,
    I have 2 values in 2 cells that I use to calculate a value i.e. £2,099,000 x 50%

    I want to be able to display each value in a cell as a sum for the purpose of reporting.

    If I use =CONCATENATE("£",B5," x ",TEXT(B7,"0%"))
    I get a return of £2099000 x 50%

    However, I want the £2099000 to be displayed as £2,099,000.

    If I use =CONCATENATE("£",TEXT(B5,"#,##0")) I get the desired result in isolation.

    How can I combine the following to get the required result:
    =CONCATENATE("£",TEXT(B5,"#,##0"))
    =CONCATENATE(TEXT(C7,"0%"))

    What am I missing?

  42. i want to remove one particular name if it is present in the row while concatenating

    example
    albert
    balard
    john
    sarah
    albert

    result : albert balard john sarah albert (But i need to remove albert name while concatenating)

  43. Hello Guys,

    I want to bring all values in a column into one cell for a corresponding common value in other column.

    Example:
    ColA ColB
    X 1
    X 2
    X 3
    Y 7
    Y 8
    Y 9

    Result should be look like -

    Col-1 Col-2
    X 1,2,3
    Y 7,8,9

    Thanks,
    Gupta.

  44. Hello!
    Is there a way of creating a formula able to concatenate until find a specific text?
    I have a table (a pivot table) and I want to concatenate the information of one of the columns. But I need the Concatenate function to stop working when it finds the text "Grand Total", because this is the last information and I don't need it to be concatenated.
    Thanks,
    Camilla

  45. Hi, for your assistance. i need this format
    One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
    My data is just the amount in figures, then I use the spellnumber to convert the figures to words. The problem now is how to concatenate the words then the figure but figures should have the comma/s. Please help. Thanks.

  46. Hello hai,
    I would like to know what are the methods or tricks to get outputs without using formula(i.e.CONCATENATE replace of "&"). Still i am in LKG level in excel.

  47. When I try to concatenate 2 or 3 text cells - the formula sometimes displays all the way down the column - not the merged text - does not happen all the time - usually I can drag the merged text to fill the column. How do I get the text to display rather than the formula?
    Ex =CONCATENATE(z1," - ",aa1)

  48. I have the below data in singe cell,

    62 F1 11 43 50 4C 41 2D 31

    i need to split the same value in to different cell.

    can u pls some on suggest me to solve this..?

    1. Dear Nagaraj,

      Select the required cells (only in one column at a time)
      Go to Data - Text to Columns - Delimited - Next -
      Select Space as the delimiter.
      Click Finish.

      If the data has to be converted vertically, then use.
      Home - Paste Special - Values - Transpose
      Select Values and Transpose
      Click OK.

      Vijaykumar Shetye, Goa, India

  49. How to merge/concatenate first column with single cell(second row's first column) only?

    A B C

    A 1 A1
    B B1
    C C1

  50. In ms excel:
    Suppose I have this data

    jan feb mar
    1991
    1992
    1993
    1994

    and I want to create a table as below:

    jan feb mar
    1991 jan1991 feb1991 mar1991
    1992 jan1992 .....
    1993 .......................
    1994 .......................

    What should I do?

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