CONCATENATE function

Description

The CONCATENATE Function joins up to 255 text strings into one text string. The joined items can be text, numbers, cell references, or a combination of those items. For example, if your worksheet contains a person's first name in cell A1 and the person's last name in cell B1, you can combine the two values in another cell by using the following formula:

=CONCATENATE(A1," ",B1)

The second argument in this example (" ") is a space character. You must specify any spaces or punctuation that you want to appear in the results as an argument that is enclosed in quotation marks.

Syntax

CONCATENATE(text1, [text2], ...)

Parameters

Text1 Required. The first text item to be concatenated.
Text2, ... Optional. Additional text items, up to a maximum of 255 items. The items must be separated by commas.

You can also use the ampersand (&) calculation operator instead of the CONCATENATE function to join text items. For example,

=A1 & B1

returns the same value as

=CONCATENATE(A1, B1)

Remarks

The CONCATENATE Function support up to a maximum of 255 items.

Examples

The example may be easier to understand if you copy the example data (include header) in the following table, and paste it in cell A1 of a new Excel worksheet. If you need to, you can adjust the column widths to see all the data.