How do I concatenate a fixed number (like "30") and the first two #'s of
another cell that also contains text?

For example, joining 300 and another cell that has 2509Peters to form 3025

Assume data in A2 down

To return it as text,
in B2, copied down:
="30"&LEFT(A2,2)

To return it as a real number,
in B2, copied down:
=("30"&LEFT(A2,2))+0
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"TED" wrote:
How do I concatenate a fixed number (like "30") and the first two #'s of
another cell that also contains text?

For example, joining 300 and another cell that has 2509Peters to form 3025

Hi Ted

=30&Left(A1,2)
will give 3025 as a text value

=--(30&Left(A1,2))
will give 3025 as a numeric value


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Roger Govier

"TED" wrote in message
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How do I concatenate a fixed number (like "30") and the first two #'s of
another cell that also contains text?

For example, joining 300 and another cell that has 2509Peters to form 3025

If the number 30 is really "fixed" as you indicated (not sure about that
because of your use of 300 in your example), then make it 100 times larger
(3000 instead of 30) and add it to the left 2 numbers...

=3000+LEFT(A1,2)

This returns a real number, not text.

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Rick (MVP - Excel)


"TED" wrote in message
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How do I concatenate a fixed number (like "30") and the first two #'s of
another cell that also contains text?

For example, joining 300 and another cell that has 2509Peters to form 3025