How to Concatenate with Space in Excel (3 Suitable Ways)

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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.

Concatenate with Space


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

Use Ampersand(&) Symbol to Concatenate with Space

  • Hence, press ENTER to have the output.

Concatenate with Space

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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)

Apply CONCATENATE Function to Concatenate with Space

  • Next, hit the ENTER button.

  • Then, you can drag the AutoFill Handle to copy the formula for the rest cells in column E.

Concatenate with Space

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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)

Employ TEXTJOIN Function to Concatenate with Space

  • After that, press ENTER to have the output.

  • Further, AutoFill the TEXTJOIN function to the rest of the cells in column E.

Concatenate with Space

Notes

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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4 Comments
  1. Hi Rifat

    Is it possible to TextJoin non-consecutive and out-of-order cells, EG A4:A6 plus A1?

    Thanks // Dominic

  2. 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.

    image-1

    Then, in A8, apply the following formula
    =TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,A4:A6,A1)

    image-2

    The delimiter is a comma (,)
    TRUE indicates that you are going to ignore empty values.

    Then, press ENTER to get the output.

    image-3

    I hope it helps.
    Have a good day.

  3. Hi Rifat,

    Thank you for your easy-to-follow instructions that make life easy to use some of Microsoft Excel functions.

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