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SmartSheet: Formulas to Concatenate Two or More Cells

Account IconNathan Braun·1 min read·September 24th, 2024
Concatenate Two Text Cells
Concatenate Multiple Text Cells
Concatenating Text Cells with Line Breaks
Concatenate Number Cells
Concatenate Date Cells
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Concatenate Two Text Cells

This formula concatenates the First Name in row 1 with the Last Name in row 1, and adds a space between them:

=[First Name]1 + " " + [Last Name]1

You can replace the space with any other text, for example:

=[First Name]1 + " --- " + [Last Name]1

You can also remove the space:

=[First Name]1 + [Last Name]1

Concatenate Multiple Text Cells

This formula expands the previous formula to concatenate more cells:

=[First Name]1 + " " + [Middle Name]1 + " " + [Last Name]1 + " " + [Address]1

Alternatively, you can use JOIN, which lets you concatenate multiple cells, with optional text between the values:

=JOIN([First Name]1:[Address]1, " ")

You can replace the space with whatever you want, or you can remove it:

=JOIN([First Name]1:[Address]1)

Concatenating Text Cells with Line Breaks

You can add a line break between two cells by using CHAR(10):

=[First Name]1 + CHAR(10) + [Last Name]1

CHAR(10) also works with JOIN:

=JOIN([First Name]1:[Address]1, CHAR(10))

Concatenate Number Cells

If [CustomerID]1 is 100 and [CompanyID]1 is 200, this formula gives us "100200":

=[CustomerID]1 + "" + [CompanyID]1

This formula removes the space so SmartSheet treats the cells as numbers and adds them together. The result is "300":

=[CustomerID]1 + [CompanyID]1

Concatenate Date Cells

You can use "+" or JOIN to concatenate DATE cells. DATE cells contain a date (e.g. 01/01/2024) and a time (e.g. 12:00 AM). If you want to concatenate only the date and exclude the time, you can use DATEONLY.

=DATEONLY([Birth Date]1) + " " + DATEONLY([Birth Date]2)

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