Merging two working formulas

I have the following working formula

=IF($Q$11<>""," "&$Q$11&" ","You must enter a the Company's City and State in Q11!")

Which yields City, State & Zip Code, i.e. New York City, New York 12345

And this formula

=LEFT($Q$11,FIND("",$Q$11,FIND(", ",$Q$11)+3))

Which yields City and State with no Zip Code, i.e. New York City, New York

I need to combine the second formula with the first formula.  A snippet with all pertinent cells is attached.
EE-Snippet-CalcXLM-Report-Zip-Code-.xlsm
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Rgonzo1971Commented:
Hi,

pls try

=IF($Q$11<>""," "&LEFT($Q$11,FIND("",$Q$11,FIND(", ",$Q$11)+3))&" ","You must enter a the Company's City and State in Q11!")

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Ingeborg Hawighorst (Microsoft MVP / EE MVE)Microsoft MVP ExcelCommented:
Hello,

not sure I completely understand what you want to achieve, but if you want to plug the result of the second formula into the IF statement of the first formula, then maybe

=IF($Q$11<>""," "&LEFT($Q$11,FIND("",$Q$11,FIND(", ",$Q$11)+3))&" ","You must enter a the Company's City and State in Q11!")

cheers, teylyn
Bill GoldenExecutive Managing MemberAuthor Commented:
Thanks, both solutions work perfectly because they were identical.  I do stop and examine each correct answer to learn, albeit somewhat slowly, how to do this myself.

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