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Combine firstt & last name
I ahve a spreadsheet were the first name and last name are in sperate colums.
I can join combine the two and copy as a value. When I combine them though there are several extra spaces. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? here is an example: John Smith shows as John Smith |
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Combine firstt & last name
Trim function
"Jennie" wrote in message ... I ahve a spreadsheet were the first name and last name are in sperate colums. I can join combine the two and copy as a value. When I combine them though there are several extra spaces. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? here is an example: John Smith shows as John Smith |
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Combine firstt & last name
=TRIM(A1&" "&B1)
"Jennie" wrote: I ahve a spreadsheet were the first name and last name are in sperate colums. I can join combine the two and copy as a value. When I combine them though there are several extra spaces. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? here is an example: John Smith shows as John Smith |
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How are you joining/combining the two names?
=A1 & B1 =CONCATENATE(A1,A2) Either method will produce spaces if you have extra spaces in the cell values. Try =TRIM(A1 & " " & B2) to return John Smith Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:50:00 -0700, Jennie wrote: I ahve a spreadsheet were the first name and last name are in sperate colums. I can join combine the two and copy as a value. When I combine them though there are several extra spaces. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? here is an example: John Smith shows as John Smith |
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The trim function does not neet the extra &" " in between. The definition
is: removes all spaces from a text string except for a single space between words. Of course if you need more than one, then you would use " " but it looks like the OP was looking for one, I am using 2007 version, don't remember if other versions were different. So =TRIM(a1&b1) "Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message ... How are you joining/combining the two names? =A1 & B1 =CONCATENATE(A1,A2) Either method will produce spaces if you have extra spaces in the cell values. Try =TRIM(A1 & " " & B2) to return John Smith Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:50:00 -0700, Jennie wrote: I ahve a spreadsheet were the first name and last name are in sperate colums. I can join combine the two and copy as a value. When I combine them though there are several extra spaces. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? here is an example: John Smith shows as John Smith |
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Thanks Mike
Either formula produces a single spaced John Smith in Excel 2003 Yours is shorter<g Gord On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 21:23:08 -0400, "Mike G" wrote: The trim function does not neet the extra &" " in between. The definition is: removes all spaces from a text string except for a single space between words. Of course if you need more than one, then you would use " " but it looks like the OP was looking for one, I am using 2007 version, don't remember if other versions were different. So =TRIM(a1&b1) "Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message .. . How are you joining/combining the two names? =A1 & B1 =CONCATENATE(A1,A2) Either method will produce spaces if you have extra spaces in the cell values. Try =TRIM(A1 & " " & B2) to return John Smith Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:50:00 -0700, Jennie wrote: I ahve a spreadsheet were the first name and last name are in sperate colums. I can join combine the two and copy as a value. When I combine them though there are several extra spaces. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? here is an example: John Smith shows as John Smith |
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