concatenating and formatting area code and phone number columns
 

I concatenated two columns (area code, phone number) and formatted them so
area code looks like (###); however, the 7-digit phone number still appears
as ####### even though I used custom format ###-#### prior to to
concatenating the two columns. Is it possible to add a hyphen so the final
number looks like (###) ###-####?

Sherri wrote:
I concatenated two columns (area code, phone number) and formatted them so
area code looks like (###); however, the 7-digit phone number still appears
as ####### even though I used custom format ###-#### prior to to
concatenating the two columns. Is it possible to add a hyphen so the final
number looks like (###) ###-####?

Assuming the area code is in A1 and the phone number is in B1, you can
try the following formula in C1: ="("&A1&") "&LEFT(B1,3)&"-"&RIGHT(B1,4)

Sherri wrote:
I concatenated two columns (area code, phone number) and formatted them so
area code looks like (###); however, the 7-digit phone number still appears
as ####### even though I used custom format ###-#### prior to to
concatenating the two columns. Is it possible to add a hyphen so the final
number looks like (###) ###-####?

One easy way is something like:
=TEXT(A1,"(#) ")& TEXT(B1,"###-####")

Thanks - it worked perfectly.

"." wrote:

Sherri wrote:
I concatenated two columns (area code, phone number) and formatted them so
area code looks like (###); however, the 7-digit phone number still appears
as ####### even though I used custom format ###-#### prior to to
concatenating the two columns. Is it possible to add a hyphen so the final
number looks like (###) ###-####?

Assuming the area code is in A1 and the phone number is in B1, you can
try the following formula in C1: ="("&A1&") "&LEFT(B1,3)&"-"&RIGHT(B1,4)

Try this

=TEXT(A1,"(000) "&TEXT(B1,"000-0000"))

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Thanks - it worked perfectly.

"." wrote:

Sherri wrote:
I concatenated two columns (area code, phone number) and formatted
them so
area code looks like (###); however, the 7-digit phone number still
appears
as ####### even though I used custom format ###-#### prior to to
concatenating the two columns. Is it possible to add a hyphen so the
final
number looks like (###) ###-####?

Assuming the area code is in A1 and the phone number is in B1, you can
try the following formula in C1: ="("&A1&") "&LEFT(B1,3)&"-"&RIGHT(B1,4)