By using the ampersand (&) symbol, cell references, and text strings embedded within double quotes, you can create formulas that gather data to construct a new entry - often a consolidation of information from multiple locations. You can also use the CONCATENATE function to achieve a similar objective.
- [Voiceover] Sometimes you need to pull data together…from different locations in cells.…I've got a list here.…Column A has the department for these people.…Columns B, C, and D, you can see,…first name, last name, middle initial,…and not everybody has a middle initial here.…Let's say we wanna put these together…by using either a function called concatenate()…or the capability referred to as concatenation.…And we're looking at a worksheet called CONCATENATE.…Let's first use the function: =CONCATENATE()…We see this popping up here, just click it.…
Now, this allows us to pull information together…in any order from different locations.…I like to first get the last name here.…What I really like to create would be…last name, comma, space, first name, space, middle initial.…So what we want to see here is…Baker, comma, space, Mark, space, S.…So last name first,…we'll put in C2, comma.…Following that, we want a comma and a space,…we embed what we want within double-quotes.…So double-quote, comma, space, double-quote.…
Then we want the first name.…
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5/26/2016- Understanding how the hierarchy of operators affects formula results
- Knowing when to use absolute vs. relative references
- Using Formula Builder for unfamiliar functions
- Displaying a worksheet's formulas and highlighting formula cells
- Converting formulas to values
- Creating 3D formulas to gather data from multiple sheets
- Creating and expanding nested IF functions; using AND, OR, and NOT with IF
- Looking up information with VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX
- Analyzing data with the statistical functions: MEDIAN, MODE, etc.
- Using the power functions: COUNTIF, SUMIF, COUNTIFS, AVERAGEIFS, and more
- Calculating financial data such as payments
- Performing basic math
- Calculating dates and times
- Editing text with functions
- Using array formulas and functions
- Referencing data in other cells and files
- Extracting information from Excel worksheets
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome46s
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Exercise files25s
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1. Formula and Function Tools
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2. Formula and Function Tips and Shortcuts
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3. IF and Related Functions
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4. Lookup and Reference Functions
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Use MATCH and INDEX together4m 40s
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5. Statistical Functions
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6. Power Functions
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7. Selected Financial Functions
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8. Math Functions
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9. Date and Time Functions
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10. Text Functions
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11. Array Formulas and Functions
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12. Reference Functions
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13. Information Functions
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Conclusion
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Next steps25s
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