Oct 24, 2011

Concatenation in Microsoft Excel

There are two ways to concatenate (merge the contents of two cells) in Microsoft Excel.
ABCDE
1 Item 1 Item 2 Function Result
2 Method 1 Hello World! =CONCATENATE(B2,C2) Hello World
3 Method 2 This is a way to Concatenate =B3 & C3 This is a way to Concatenate
The first method uses the =CONCATENATE([item 1], [item 2], [item ...]) function. Each cell specified within this function will be joined.

Alternatively, you can simply use the & symbol to join the contents of two cells.