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Text Functions Len, Concatenate

The document outlines various text functions in spreadsheets, focusing on LEN and CONCATENATE for manipulating text strings. It explains how to combine text from different cells, add spaces, and incorporate additional text using inverted commas. Additionally, it discusses using the '&' sign for concatenation and integrating other text functions like UPPER or LOWER with CONCATENATE.

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Text Functions Len, Concatenate

The document outlines various text functions in spreadsheets, focusing on LEN and CONCATENATE for manipulating text strings. It explains how to combine text from different cells, add spaces, and incorporate additional text using inverted commas. Additionally, it discusses using the '&' sign for concatenation and integrating other text functions like UPPER or LOWER with CONCATENATE.

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TEXT FUNCTIONS

LEN
 Gives you the length of a text string or the number of
characters in a cell.
 This can be applied to numbers and text.
CONCATENATE
 Allows you to combine two or more text strings from
different cells together into one cell. E.g. If you have a
spreadsheets with columns for Name, Surname and
Title, all three can be joined together into one cell e.g.
Spaces

 It would be better to have spaces between the Title,


Name and Surname. This is done by adding inverted
commas with a space between e.g. ““
Adding text to Concatenate

 Text not found in a cell can also be added using


Concatenate. The text must be typed in inverted
commas.
Using the &
 There are two ways of using Concatenate. The first
we’ve discussed =CONCATENATE and the 2nd way is
using the & sign to join cells. E.g.
JOINING TEXT FUNCTIONS
 Concatenate can also join various Text functions
together like Right, Left, Mid Etc.
 In the example below, we can create a log in by
joining the first name with the first 6 digits of the ID
number
ADDING UPPER OR LOWER
 When using upper or lower, the upper or lower
needs to come before the concatenate. E.g.
=UPPER(CONCATENATE(B2,C2)

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