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March 14th, 2006, 09:17 PM
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how to combine including blank cells
Hello, I am trying to combine data from various cells into one cell.....using a formula such as =c9&d9&e9 however if one of the cells were blank I get a 0 in the end combination. What can I do to eliminate the zero? Or pehaps there is a better way to do this. I have text and numbers in 15 rows / 4 columns. I would like to enter into a separate cell the combined information from row a1:d1 then a2:d2 etc. Unfortunately today, I can not seem to think of a better solution. any suggestions? -- Karmen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karmen's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30972 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=522413 
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March 14th, 2006, 09:28 PM
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I cannot reproduce this. If I have a blank in B1 then A1&B1&C1 gives the
same as A1&C1 Tell us more -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "Karmen" wrote in message ... Hello, I am trying to combine data from various cells into one cell.....using a formula such as =c9&d9&e9 however if one of the cells were blank I get a 0 in the end combination. What can I do to eliminate the zero? Or pehaps there is a better way to do this. I have text and numbers in 15 rows / 4 columns. I would like to enter into a separate cell the combined information from row a1:d1 then a2:d2 etc. Unfortunately today, I can not seem to think of a better solution. any suggestions? -- Karmen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karmen's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30972 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=522413
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March 14th, 2006, 10:33 PM
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=CONCATENATE(A1,B1,C1) I also couldn't reproduce your results, but this should work. Karmen Wrote: Hello, I am trying to combine data from various cells into one cell.....using a formula such as =c9&d9&e9 however if one of the cells were blank I get a 0 in the end combination. What can I do to eliminate the zero? Or pehaps there is a better way to do this. I have text and numbers in 15 rows / 4 columns. I would like to enter into a separate cell the combined information from row a1:d1 then a2:d2 etc. Unfortunately today, I can not seem to think of a better solution. any suggestions? -- kevindmorgan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kevindmorgan's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=32232 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=522413
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March 14th, 2006, 10:46 PM
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how to combine including blank cells
Any chance that one of the cells actually contains a 0, but is hidden by
formatting--either a custom format or format|conditional formatting or just font/fill color? If you select each cell, what do you see in the formula bar? Karmen wrote: Hello, I am trying to combine data from various cells into one cell.....using a formula such as =c9&d9&e9 however if one of the cells were blank I get a 0 in the end combination. What can I do to eliminate the zero? Or pehaps there is a better way to do this. I have text and numbers in 15 rows / 4 columns. I would like to enter into a separate cell the combined information from row a1:d1 then a2:d2 etc. Unfortunately today, I can not seem to think of a better solution. any suggestions? -- Karmen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karmen's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30972 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=522413 -- Dave Peterson
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March 15th, 2006, 04:04 AM
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You will see that if you refer to an empty cell on another sheet
="abc" & sheet2!e444 =if(ISBLANK(shee4!c9),"",sheet4!c9) & ... --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Any chance that one of the cells actually contains a 0, but is hidden by formatting--either a custom format or format|conditional formatting or just font/fill color? If you select each cell, what do you see in the formula bar? Karmen wrote: Hello, I am trying to combine data from various cells into one cell.....using a formula such as =c9&d9&e9 however if one of the cells were blank I get a 0 in the end combination. What can I do to eliminate the zero? Or pehaps there is a better way to do this. I have text and numbers in 15 rows / 4 columns. I would like to enter into a separate cell the combined information from row a1:d1 then a2:d2 etc. Unfortunately today, I can not seem to think of a better solution. any suggestions? -- Karmen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karmen's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30972 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=522413 -- Dave Peterson
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March 15th, 2006, 04:02 PM
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Sorry, after reading the responses I realized that the sheet I am trying to combine information on is an automatic fill data sheet which adds zeros for blank cells from the master sheet....and I had supressed the zeros showing on the form...I had completely forgot the zero is actually in the cell, just not showing. with that added information, is there a way i can combine the cell data and not have the zero show? -- Karmen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karmen's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30972 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=522413
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March 15th, 2006, 04:31 PM
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how to combine including blank cells
Something like:
=if(a1=0,"",a1)&if(b1=0,"",b1)&.... might work. Karmen wrote: Sorry, after reading the responses I realized that the sheet I am trying to combine information on is an automatic fill data sheet which adds zeros for blank cells from the master sheet....and I had supressed the zeros showing on the form...I had completely forgot the zero is actually in the cell, just not showing. with that added information, is there a way i can combine the cell data and not have the zero show? -- Karmen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karmen's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30972 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=522413 -- Dave Peterson
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March 15th, 2006, 06:14 PM
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how to combine including blank cells
Thank you very much !!! Dave Peterson Wrote: Something like: =if(a1=0,"",a1)&if(b1=0,"",b1)&.... might work. Karmen wrote: Sorry, after reading the responses I realized that the sheet I am trying to combine information on is an automatic fill data sheet which adds zeros for blank cells from the master sheet....and I had supressed the zeros showing on the form...I had completely forgot the zero is actually in the cell, just not showing. with that added information, is there a way i can combine the cell data and not have the zero show? -- Karmen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karmen's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30972 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=522413 -- Dave Peterson -- Karmen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karmen's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30972 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=522413
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