Two characters and one function call shorter...

=RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-",""),12)&A2&TEXT(A3,"00")

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Rick (MVP - Excel)



"Gary''s Student" wrote in message
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A tiny trick:

=RIGHT(LEFT(A1,5)&RIGHT(A1,10),12)&A2&TEXT(A3,"00" )
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Gary''s Student - gsnu201003


"Nadine" wrote:

I have 3 cells I need to merge into one. One of the cells is a number
anywhere from 1-16 or more. What I need is for the number in this cells
to
always be concatenated into a 2 digit number. Example:
Cell A1 = USA123-4555678952
Cell A2 = CD
Cell A3 = 4
I need the final output to be 234555678952CD04.
So far I have the following formula:
=RIGHT(LEFT(A1,5)&RIGHT(A1,10),12)&A2&A3 but this doesn't put "04" after
the
CD. It only puts "4" after it. Any ideas for Excel 2003?
Thanks.