Combine text from multiple cells into one cell - =(A1&","&A2","&A3

[mh]

I would like to combine the words from different cells into one cell -
sometimes 1 or 2 cells are left empty

Example
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5
Peter Simon Derek Empty Kent

combine into one cell marking all
=A1&","&A2&","&A3&","&A4&","&A5

Should say
Peter, Simon, Derek, Kent (without extra , or space for empty cell included)

Could somebody help me with formula for this? would be greatly appreciated

 

[NBVC]

Try:

=SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A1&" "&A2&" "&A3&" "&A4&" "&A5)," ",",")

 

[Gord Dibben]

This UDF ignores blank cells.

Function ConCatRange(CellBlock As Range) As String
Dim Cell As Range
Dim sbuf As String
For Each Cell In CellBlock
If Len(Cell.text) > 0 Then sbuf = sbuf & Cell.text & ", "
Next
ConCatRange = Left(sbuf, Len(sbuf) - 1)
End Function

=concatrange(A1:A5)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

Here is a custom function that seems to do what you want:

Function myConCat(S As Range) As String
Dim cell As Range
Dim con As String
Dim I As Integer
I = 1
For Each cell In S
If I = 1 Then
con = cell
ElseIf cell <> "" Then
con = con & ", " & cell
End If
I = I + 1
Next cell
myConCat = con
End Function

so you would enter
=myConCat(A1:A10)
or use any other range.

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Also, if I understand your question, you need to make a slight modification
of the other suggestion:

=SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A1&" "&A2&" "&A3&" "&A4&" "&A5)," ",", ")

note the extra space after the final comma.

 

[Ashish Mathur]

Hi,

You may download and install this addin -
http://www.download.com/Morefunc/3000-2077_4-10423159.html

Now use the mconcat(range) function

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Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com