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Combining cell reference with text
I know how to use the & symbol to combine cell references with text, but i am having trouble getting this to work when the 2 cells i am referencing are dates. For instance, lets say cell A1 is 11/15/05, and cell A2 is 3/21/06 and i would like cell A3 to say November - 05 to March - 06. I have tried =A1&" to "&A2 But i keep getting a #value error, any ideas? -- mattflow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mattflow's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25129 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=490836 |
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Combining cell reference with text
Try this:
=TEXT(A1,"mmmm - yy")&" To "&TEXT(A2,"mmmm - yy") -- HTH, RD ============================================== Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ============================================== "mattflow" wrote in message ... I know how to use the & symbol to combine cell references with text, but i am having trouble getting this to work when the 2 cells i am referencing are dates. For instance, lets say cell A1 is 11/15/05, and cell A2 is 3/21/06 and i would like cell A3 to say November - 05 to March - 06. I have tried =A1&" to "&A2 But i keep getting a #value error, any ideas? -- mattflow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mattflow's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25129 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=490836 |
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Keep in mind...DATES are not TEXT. You need to convert: For: A1: 11/15/2005 B1: 3/21/2006 C1: =TEXT(A1,"mmmm - dd")&" to "&TEXT(B1,"mmmm - dd") Returns November - 15 to March - 21 Does that help? Ron -- Ron Coderre ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron Coderre's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=21419 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=490836 |
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=TEXT(A1,"mmmm - yy")&" to "&TEXT(A2,"mmmm - yy")
to get a result like this... November - 05 to March - 06 I don't know why you would get the #value error with your formula. I get something like this... 38671 to 38797 "mattflow" wrote: I know how to use the & symbol to combine cell references with text, but i am having trouble getting this to work when the 2 cells i am referencing are dates. For instance, lets say cell A1 is 11/15/05, and cell A2 is 3/21/06 and i would like cell A3 to say November - 05 to March - 06. I have tried =A1&" to "&A2 But i keep getting a #value error, any ideas? -- mattflow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mattflow's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25129 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=490836 |
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=TEXT(A1,"mmmm - dd")&" to "&TEXT(A2,"mmmm - dd") That did it, thanks guys! -- mattflow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mattflow's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25129 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=490836 |
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Thanks for the feed-back, but ... just so you realize ...
you asked for: " - yy" But you seem to have accepted: " - dd". -- Regards, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "mattflow" wrote in message ... =TEXT(A1,"mmmm - dd")&" to "&TEXT(A2,"mmmm - dd") That did it, thanks guys! -- mattflow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mattflow's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25129 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=490836 |
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