{"id":10022,"date":"2019-09-09T13:06:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T11:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=10022"},"modified":"2023-11-30T17:39:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:39:17","slug":"concat-formula-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/concat-formula-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"CONCAT Formula in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/concat-formula-in-excel\/#Want_to_Master_the_CONCATENATE_Function_in_Excel\" title=\"Want to Master the CONCATENATE Function in Excel?\">Want to Master the CONCATENATE Function in Excel?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/concat-formula-in-excel\/#text1_%E2%80%A6\" title=\"text1, &#8230;\">text1, &#8230;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Want_to_Master_the_CONCATENATE_Function_in_Excel\"><\/span><em><strong>Want to Master the CONCATENATE Function in Excel?<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>*** Watch our video and step by step guide below with free downloadable Excel workbook to practice ***<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ec59hlQkvw?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0ec59hlQkvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Watch on YouTube<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>and give it a thumbs up &#x1f44d;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Concatenates a list together without a delimiter<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=CONCAT(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">text1<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">[text2], &#8230;<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=CONCAT(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">first text to combine<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">[second text to combine], &#8230;<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Do you want to combine text or a range of cells together easily? The\u00a0<strong>CONCAT Formula\u00a0<\/strong>in Excel will do this for you in a flash! The\u00a0<strong>CONCAT Formula\u00a0<\/strong>was introduced in Excel 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It will simply combine the text you specify together into a single text.<\/p>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">CONCAT-FORMULA.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span> We need to <strong>enter the <i>CONCAT\u00a0<\/i>function in a blank cell<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=CONCAT(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CONCAT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-01.jpg\" alt=\"CONCAT Formula in Excel\" width=\"659\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-01.jpg 659w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-01-300x62.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The <b>CONCAT\u00a0<\/b>arguments:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"text1_%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>text1, &#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Which cells do you want to combine together?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the range of cells that you want to combine together<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=CONCAT(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C9:E9)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CONCAT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-02.jpg\" alt=\"CONCAT Formula in Excel\" width=\"660\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-02.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-02-300x71.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apply the same formula to the rest of the cells by dragging the lower right corner downwards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CONCAT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-03.jpg\" alt=\"CONCAT Formula in Excel\" width=\"663\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-03.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-03-300x62.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You now have your combined text!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CONCAT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-04.jpg\" alt=\"CONCAT Formula in Excel\" width=\"690\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-04.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CONCAT-FORMULA-04-300x75.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the CONCAT Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ebooks.myexcelonline.com\/products\/101-most-popular-excel-formulas-e-book\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book-300x157.png 300w, 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Concatenates a list together without a delimiter Formula breakdown: =CONCAT(text1, [text2], &#8230;) What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[553,3,14],"tags":[554,142,70],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}