Joins several text strings into one text string.

Syntax

CONCATENATE(text1,text2,...)

Text1, text2,...     are 1 to 30 text items to be joined into a single text item. The text items can be text strings, numbers, or column references.

Remark

The "&" operator can be used instead of CONCATENATE to join text items.

Example

Col1

Col2

Col3

Formula

Description

brook trout

species

32

=CONCATENATE("Stream population for ",[Col1]," ",[Col2]," is ",[Col3],"/mile")

Concatenates a sentence from the data (Stream population for brook trout species is 32/mile)

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