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In cell A1 is a number(9), in cell A2 is a number (0001). Is there any way to
get cell A3 to show the result 9-0001?
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try this

in A3 put this =A1&"-"&A2


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In cell A1 is a number(9), in cell A2 is a number (0001). Is there any way to
get cell A3 to show the result 9-0001?


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"ordnance1" wrote:
In cell A1 is a number(9), in cell A2 is a number (0001). Is there any way to
get cell A3 to show the result 9-0001?


Try in A3: =A1&"-"&TEXT(A2,"0000")
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in A3 put this =A1&"-"&A2
... but if A2 actually contained an underlying value: 1
then the result in A3 would be: 9-1 ?
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