Hi Luke, I hadn't seen Koul's solution, but it seems to be looking for blanks or single spaces or double spaces, which all return one space. If there is data, it returns that data, then goes on to the next cell. If there is data in 2 or 3 cells sonsecutively, then those datas would be concatinated without spaces. Also, the formula is really long.
Regards - Dave. From: lukethegoo...@gmail.com To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Concatenate, including blank fields Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:37 +0000 Out of interest what was wrong with Koul's 'concatenate' example with nested IF's ... ? This is the route I would have gone, although I would update it slightly like so ... =CONCATENATE(IF(OR(ISBLANK(A1), A1=" ", A1=" ")," ",A1),IF(OR(ISBLANK(B1), B1=" ", B1=" ")," ",B1),IF(OR(ISBLANK(C1), C1=" ", C1=" ")," ",C1),IF(OR(ISBLANK(D1), D1=" ", D1=" ")," ",D1),IF(OR(ISBLANK(E1), E1=" ", E1=" ")," ",E1),IF(OR(ISBLANK(F1), F1=" ", F1=" ")," ",F1),IF(OR(ISBLANK(G1), G1=" ", G1=" ")," ",G1),IF(OR(ISBLANK(H1), H1=" ", H1=" ")," ",H1)) Adding the OR function to each logical test for examples where a 'space' or 2 'spaces' were introduced, the other arguments suggested assume that every cell without a value is always going to be a Null / Blank only ... you could extend this formula to look at more columns although you'd maybe have to be careful with the number of OR's used. Luke On 24 Nov 2009, at 09:01, Dave Bonallack wrote: Hi Steve, If you use the suggested =B4 & " " &C4 & " " & D4 etc, the result will be double spaces for each blank cell. You can get rid of these using the TRIM function. =TRIM(B4 & " " &C4 & " " & D4) Regards = Dave. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Excel and VBA Tutorials(Video and Text), Free add-ins downloads at http://www.excelitems.com 2. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 3. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com 4. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com If you find any spam message in the group, please send an email to: Ayush Jain @ jainayus...@gmail.com or Ashish Jain @ 26may.1...@gmail.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> HELP US GROW !! We reach over 6,500 subscribers worldwide and receive many nice notes about the learning and support from the group. Our goal is to have 10,000 subscribers by the end of 2009. Let friends and co-workers know they can subscribe to group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros/subscribe _________________________________________________________________ Download new and classic emoticon packs at Emoticon World Brought to you exclusively by Windows Live http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/emoticon.aspx? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Excel and VBA Tutorials(Video and Text), Free add-ins downloads at http://www.excelitems.com 2. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 3. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com 4. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com If you find any spam message in the group, please send an email to: Ayush Jain @ jainayus...@gmail.com or Ashish Jain @ 26may.1...@gmail.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> HELP US GROW !! We reach over 6,500 subscribers worldwide and receive many nice notes about the learning and support from the group. Our goal is to have 10,000 subscribers by the end of 2009. Let friends and co-workers know they can subscribe to group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros/subscribe
