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Concatenate-Date<\/a>Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

More often than not, we can find ourselves in a situation where we need to merge our text in different cells into one cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can be pretty useful. For this, we can use CONCATENATE<\/strong> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explaining the Concatenate Function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This function is one of Excel’s Text Functions<\/strong>. It helps you to join two or more strings into one big string.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The formula of the function is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

=CONCATENATE(text1, [text2], \u2026)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n

As seen, it has two arguments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text1 (required)-<\/strong> Here we define the first thing that we want to merge. It can be in form of the text (it has to be within quotation marks to work), a cell reference, or a number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text2 (required)<\/strong>– Then we have to define other items that we want to merge. We can merge up to 255 items, and up to 8192 characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Concatenate to Merge the Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For our example, we will create a table in which we have three columns: Month, Day, and a Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We want to merge all of the cells<\/a> in rows in one cell which will be our date. For this, we will use CONCATENATE<\/strong> function and our formula will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

=CONCATENATE(A2,\"\/\",B2,\"\/\",C2)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n

We are using cell references<\/a> and \u201e\/\u201c to create our formula. Our first text field is cell A2<\/strong>, then we input the \u201e\/\u201c sign, to have the date as neat as possible. We then add cell B2<\/strong> (the day), another \u201e\/\u201c sign, and finally, we add cell C2<\/strong> (the year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will drag our formula to the end of the table, and we will finally have our table set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using Concatenate to Merge the Date and Text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To merge the date that we created with random text, we will first create the text. It will be a list of two possible statuses: approved<\/strong> and declined<\/strong>. The text and the date are not related. It is, for example, purposes only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To merge these two columns<\/a> by rows, we will use CONCATENATE<\/strong> function again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our function will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

=CONCATENATE(E2,\" on \",D2)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n

We did not just merge these two cells but added the text (the word \u201eon\u201c<\/strong>) as well as blank spaces to make the sentence more logical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our table looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Make Sure to Keep the Date Format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, it could be troublesome to merge the dates in this way as there is a possibility that the format will change. To resolve this issue and be sure that this does not occur, we will use the TEXT<\/strong> function for our help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result will be the same, but this formula is useful if you have the issues that are mentioned above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TEXT function<\/strong> looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

=TEXT (value, format_text)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n

It has two parameters- value<\/strong> (the text that we want to format) and format_text<\/strong> (how we want to format our text).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will insert this formula as one of the parameters for CONCATENATE<\/strong> function. Our formula will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

=CONCATENATE(E2,\" on \",TEXT(D2,\"mm\/dd\/yyyy\"))<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n

and the value in the G2<\/strong> cell will be as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We will expand the formula till the end of our table. Columns G and F<\/strong> will be the same. But remember to always use the TEXT formula<\/strong> when merging the date to ensure that the format will not be changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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