Putting the value of another cell in an Excel text cell.
Ok, I have totally lost it.
Simple example of what I need.
In A1 I have a color, say blue
In A2 I want to end up with the following text: The blue cow jumped over the fence.
A2 looks like this...
="The "&A1" "cow jumped over the moon."
I am getting an error. Why?
Simple example of what I need.
In A1 I have a color, say blue
In A2 I want to end up with the following text: The blue cow jumped over the fence.
A2 looks like this...
="The "&A1" "cow jumped over the moon."
I am getting an error. Why?
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Last part, I promise...
Simple example of what I need.
In A1 I have a name, say Bill
In A2 I want to end up with the following text: It was Bill's cow who jumped over the "blue" moon.
A2 looks like this...
="It was "&A1&"'s cow that jumped over the "blue" moon."
I realize I need to do something to use something around the quotes that surround the word blue, but what?
Simple example of what I need.
In A1 I have a name, say Bill
In A2 I want to end up with the following text: It was Bill's cow who jumped over the "blue" moon.
A2 looks like this...
="It was "&A1&"'s cow that jumped over the "blue" moon."
I realize I need to do something to use something around the quotes that surround the word blue, but what?
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Got it. I was obviously born missing a syntax gene, but learning. Thanks everyone.
Try using SUBSTITUTE:
In A1: Bill
In B1: It was [name]'s cow that jumped over the "blue" moon.
In C1: =SUBSTITUTE(B1,"[name]",A1
This will replace [name] in the sentence of B1 with the contents of A1.
In A1: Bill
In B1: It was [name]'s cow that jumped over the "blue" moon.
In C1: =SUBSTITUTE(B1,"[name]",A1
This will replace [name] in the sentence of B1 with the contents of A1.
All you need is an &TRIM(A?)&
" your info " &TRIM(A?)& " your info" & TRIM(A?)& "your info"
replace ? with the cell number
So for eg if you have Blue in cell A1 and Bill in cell A3 then in A2
="It was" &TRIM(A3)& "cow who jumped over the " &TRIM(A1)&" moon."
" your info " &TRIM(A?)& " your info" & TRIM(A?)& "your info"
replace ? with the cell number
So for eg if you have Blue in cell A1 and Bill in cell A3 then in A2
="It was" &TRIM(A3)& "cow who jumped over the " &TRIM(A1)&" moon."
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I have been "hoisted by my own pitard" since this is part of a paragraph and that makes it too long. Starting a new question.
"petard" actually. :)
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Your right of course. Not only is my sense of syntax bad, my spelling seems to be adrift!
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Simple example of what I need.
In A1 I have a name, say Bill
In A2 I want to end up with the following text: It was Bill's cow who jumped over the moon.
A2 looks like this...
="It was "&A1&""'s cow that jumped over the moon."
I am getting an error. Why?