Combine text from two or more cells

into one cell

You can combine or merge text from two or more cells into one cell.

One way to do this is to write a formula in a third column which uses the concatenation

operator, the ampersand (&).

1. Click the cell where you want to put the combined text.

2. Type =(

3. Click the cell that contains the first text you want to combine, such as a person’s first name.

4. Type &” “& (a space enclosed in quotation marks).

5. Click the next cell with the text that you want to combine, such as a person’s last name.

6. Type ) and then press ENTER. That’s all there is to it!

To add a comma, type &”, “& (a comma followed by a space, both enclosed in quotation marks).

To combine the text in more than two cells, continue selecting cells, and typing &” “& after each cell you select.

The CONCATENATE function can also be used to join different pieces of text together.

Excel 2016

CONCAT replaces the CONCATENATE function.

Excel 2016

CONCAT replaces the CONCATENATE function.

The CONCAT function combines the text from multiple ranges and/or strings, but it doesn't provide the delimiter or IgnoreEmpty arguments.

Excel 2016

CONCAT replaces the CONCATENATE function.

The CONCAT function combines the text from multiple ranges and/or strings, but it doesn't provide the delimiter or IgnoreEmpty arguments.

The TEXTJOIN function combines the text from multiple ranges and/or strings, and includes a delimiter you specify between each text value that will be combined.

CONCAT vs TEXTJOIN Example

=CONCAT("The"," ","sun"," ","will"," ","come"," ","up"," ","tomorrow.") will return: The sun will come up tomorrow.

=TEXTJOIN(" ",TRUE, "The", "sun", "will", "come", "up", "tomorrow.") will return: The sun will come up tomorrow.

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