PPS Sorry, I realise I am now starting to not explain myself properly,
because in my original post I said I did not want the cell to show 1000.

What I would like is:

Cell to show 1000
Formula line to show =700+300 (when the cell is clicked on)

It may be necessary for a two part process (which I'm happy to deal with)

A) Formula line is = H11 + G20 / Cell shows 1000

By transposing (somehow) cell references to values
B) Formula line is = 700 + 300 / Cell shows 1000

At the moment with the ampersand solution I have:
Formula line is ="="&H11&"+"&G20 / Cell shows = 700+300 (ie not a value)

Does this make it clearer?
Thanks for any additional suggestions



"RagDyer" wrote:

Try this:

="="&H11&"+"&G20

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HTH,

RD

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"LinLin" wrote in message
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Hi Everyone

Sometimes it is useful for me to show that a cell contains a string of
numbers which make up a total.

For instance, I would show in a Cell that the total you see ($1000) is
made
up of $700 + $300

Sometimes, those individual amounts come from different sources / links.

So, (as an example) H11 ($700) plus G20 ($300) = $1000

In the cell it shows = H11 + G20

Is there any function which will transpose those cell references to the
amounts they represent WITHOUT summing them in the cell?

IE I would like to get = H11 + G20 to show = 700 + 300
NOT =1000

Does anyone have any ideas?
This kind of thing is very useful for reconciliations etc.

thanks!