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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated October 22, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365
There may be times when you have a need to concatenate cells together. For instance, you may have information in three columns, but you want it combined together into the first column of each row. The following macro, StuffTogether, will do just that. It examines the range of cells you select, and then moves everything from each cell in a row into the first cell of the selection.
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here:
Sub StuffTogether()
Dim R As Range
Dim C As Range
Dim sTemp As String
If Selection.Cells.Count > 1 Then
For Each R In Selection.Rows
sTemp = ""
For Each C In R.Cells
If Trim(C.Text) > "" Then
sTemp = sTemp & Trim(C.Text) & " "
End If
Next C
R.ClearContents
R.Cells(1) = Trim(sTemp)
Next R
Else
MsgBox "Only one cell selected"
End If
End Sub
You should note that the macro will only work if you select more than a single cell.
Note:
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2022-10-22 22:40:26
For Office 365 you could use Textjoin in a formula with a blank delimiter.
2022-10-22 07:54:48
Andy
In Excel 365:
=TEXTJOIN(" ",,A1:A3)
And fill down.
Assuming that you have text in the first 3 columns to concatenate.
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