Concatenating Text and Numeric Values

Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
Article ID: Q30529

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0
Microsoft Excel for OS/2, versions 2.2, 3.0
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0

To concatenate text strings in Microsoft Excel, the concatenation symbol (&) text operator is used. For example, if you want to concatenate cells A1 and A2, type the following:

   =a1&a2

For more information about using the concatenate function in Microsoft Excel version 5.0, choose the Search button in Help and type:

    CONCATENATE function

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide 1," version 4.0, page 132 "Microsoft Excel User's Guide," version 3.0, page 113 Concatenation is listed in the "Microsoft Excel Reference" 2.x index under "Ampersand (&)".

Additional reference words: 2.0 2.00 2.01 2.1 2.10 2.2 2.20 2.21 3.0 3.00
4.0 4.00 5.0 5.00
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Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
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