concatenate contents of cells whose contents resemble cell referem
 

cell A1 contains the value A
cell B1 contains the value 5

in cell C1, i want to concatenate the contents of cell A1 and cell B1 so
that the answer would be A5

because the values resemble cell references, i'm having trouble.

any ideas?

concatenate contents of cells whose contents resemble cell referem
 

hi
try this..
=A1&B1

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FSt1

"cathyh" wrote:

cell A1 contains the value A
cell B1 contains the value 5

in cell C1, i want to concatenate the contents of cell A1 and cell B1 so
that the answer would be A5

because the values resemble cell references, i'm having trouble.

any ideas?

concatenate contents of cells whose contents resemble cell referem
 

Try this:

=IF(COUNTA(A1:B1)=2,A1&B1,"")

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"cathyh" wrote in message
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cell A1 contains the value A
cell B1 contains the value 5

in cell C1, i want to concatenate the contents of cell A1 and cell B1 so
that the answer would be A5

because the values resemble cell references, i'm having trouble.

any ideas?

concatenate contents of cells whose contents resemble cell referem
 

because the values resemble cell references, i'm having trouble.
I'm not sure what kind of trouble you're having. If you're looking to
retrieve the contents of the resulting cell ref in the concat string, then
In C1: =INDIRECT(A1&B1)
will do this
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"cathyh" wrote:
cell A1 contains the value A
cell B1 contains the value 5

in cell C1, i want to concatenate the contents of cell A1 and cell B1 so
that the answer would be A5

because the values resemble cell references, i'm having trouble.

any ideas?