Combining Text and Formatted Numbers into a Single Entity in Excel 2010

In this article, we will learn how to combine text & formatted numbers.

To combine two text cells into a single cell in Excel, you want a formula that will merge two text cells into a single cell. To retrieve the output, you can use TEXT function.

TEXT: Converts a value to text in a specific number format.

Syntax: =TEXT(value,format_text)

value: A numeric value that you want to be converted into text

format_text: Text string that defines the formatting that you want to be applied to the given value

Let us take an example:

• We have some text in column A & Amount in Dollars in column B.
• We want to join two text cells while amount in $ format remains same.

• In cell C2, formula would be =A2&” “&TEXT(B2,”$#,##0″)

• Text function will convert the amount contained in cell B2 in the same format as follows: “$#,##0″
• We will get output as $500
• Text in cell A2 will be then concatenated (merged) with the formatted currency value from cell B2 i.e$500
• We will get output as Price of Book is $500

In this way, we can merge text in excel into a single entity in Excel.