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Formula to combine CSV spreadsheet cells & columns into a new cell (Google Sheets and Excel)
Formula to combine CSV spreadsheet cells & columns into a new cell (Google Sheets and Excel)

Google Sheets and Excel have a nifty function to let you combine cells and add characters (eg. commas).

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Written by Lisa Adams
Updated over a week ago

If you need to combine cells in your CSV report after downloading, (or for fields in a CSV upload) there's a function (formula) you can use called CONCATENATE.

=CONCATENATE(A1, B1, C1)

Example

  • The CONCATENATE function combines cells (separated by a comma) as text:

A

B

C

D

Test1

Test2

Test3

=CONCATENATE(A1, B1, C1)

  • Function applied:

A

B

C

D

Test1

Test2

Test3

Test1Test2Test3


How to add spaces and custom characters

For this example, we will be adding commas and spaces between cell values.

  • Add a cell to the function as normal:

=CONCATENATE(A1, 
  • Next, wrap a comma and space in quotes,

  • followed by a comma:

=CONCATENATE(A1,  ", ",
  • Add the next cell,

  • and repeat the ", ", between each cell:

=CONCATENATE(A1,  ", ",  B1,  ", ",  C1)
  • Our result will be:

A

B

C

D

Test1

Test2

Test3

Test1, Test2, Test3


Click here to explore a sample Google Sheet of this function, or make a copy:

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