Concatenating in Excel is one of the most useful tools available to Excel users. It allows you to join two or more cells together in order to form a unified value. This can be particularly useful for combining data from multiple sources into a single value. In this article, I am going to explain 3 suitable ways on the topic of how to concatenate with space in Excel. I hope it will be helpful for you if you are looking for a similar sort of thing.
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3 Suitable Ways to Concatenate with Space in Excel
In order to concatenate with space, I am going to discuss 3 suitable ways in the following section. For more clarification, I am going to use a dataset with the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name columns. We will apply the CONCATENATE, TEXTJOIN functions, and Ampersand (&) symbol as well to concatenate cells with space, Here’s an overview of the dataset for our today’s task.
1. Use Ampersand(&) Symbol to Concatenate with Space
The simplest way to concatenate with space is to use the Ampersand (&) symbol. In the following section, we will use the Ampersand (&) symbol to concatenate all the names into a single cell with spaces.
Steps:
- Select a cell (i.e. E5) first.
- Next, input the following formula in that cell.
=B5&" "&C5&" "&D5
- Hence, press ENTER to have the output.
- Afterward, use Fill Handle to AutoFill the rest of the cells in column E.
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2. Apply CONCATENATE Function to Concatenate with Space
You can perform a similar task using the CONCATENATE function in Excel. Just follow the steps mentioned below in order.
Steps:
- Input the following formula in a selected cell.
=CONCATENATE(B5," ",C5," ",D5)
- Next, hit the ENTERÂ button.
- Then, you can drag the AutoFill Handle to copy the formula for the rest cells in column E.
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3. Employ TEXTJOIN Function to Concatenate with Space
When you have a large range of cells to join, using the Ampersand (&) symbol or the CONCATENATE function may be a bit troublesome. In these cases, you can use the TEXTJOIN function of Excel. Let’s follow the instructions below to learn!
Steps:
- First of all, pick a cell (i.e. E5) to have the concatanated with space data.
- Followingly, input the following formula in that cell.
=TEXTJOIN(" ",TRUE,B5:D5)
- After that, press ENTER to have the output.
- Further, AutoFill the TEXTJOIN function to the rest of the cells in column E.
The TEXTJOIN function is only available in Office 365.
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Conclusion
At the end of this article, I like to add that I have tried to explain 3 suitable ways on the topic of how to concatenate with space in Excel. It will be a matter of great pleasure for me if this article could help any Excel user even a little. For any further queries, comment below. You can visit our site for more articles about using Excel.
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Hi Rifat
Is it possible to TextJoin non-consecutive and out-of-order cells, EG A4:A6 plus A1?
Thanks // Dominic
Hi DOMINIC,
Yes, it’s possible to join non-consecutive cells using the TEXTJOIN Function in Excel.
Let me show you how you can do it.
Let’s assume this is your dataset.
Then, in A8, apply the following formula
=TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,A4:A6,A1)
The delimiter is a comma (,)
TRUE indicates that you are going to ignore empty values.
Then, press ENTER to get the output.
I hope it helps.
Have a good day.
Hi Rifat,
Thank you for your easy-to-follow instructions that make life easy to use some of Microsoft Excel functions.
Dear Isaac,
You are most welcome.
Regards
ExcelDemy