displaying fractions in a concatenate formula

**DavidObeid** · 07-24-2006, 08:42 PM

If I have a formula that concatenates text and numbers, for example, =concatenate("The average of ",A1," and ",A2," is = ",(A1+A2)/2) and I want the formula to display the "(A1+A2)/2" part as a fraction. The values in A1 and A2 will be integers.

Can this be done in a non-VBA way?

I'm using Excel 2003.

Thanks in advance,

Dave.

**davesexcel** · 07-24-2006, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by DavidObeid

If I have a formula that concatenates text and numbers, for example, =concatenate("The average of ",A1," and ",A2," is = ",(A1+A2)/2) and I want the formula to display the "(A1+A2)/2" part as a fraction. The values in A1 and A2 will be integers.

Can this be done in a non-VBA way?

I'm using Excel 2003.

Thanks in advance,

Dave.

="The Average of"&A1&" "&A2&" "&"is= "&(a1+a2)/2
should work
notice the spaces

**davesexcel** · 07-24-2006, 08:52 PM

="The Average of "&A1&" and "&A2&" "&"is= "&(A1+A2)/2
this could work better

**DavidObeid** · 07-24-2006, 09:04 PM

Thanks,

I tried it, but it didn't work.

Here is (exactly) what I got after entering 3 in A1 and 4 in A2:

"The Average of3 4 is= 3.5"

**DavidObeid** · 07-24-2006, 09:07 PM

Thanks again, but now I get this:

The Average of 3 and 4 is= 3.5

I'm still not getting the 3.5 to read as 3 1/2

Dave Peterson · 07-24-2006, 09:20 PM

Use
="The Average of "&A1&" and "&A2&" "&"is = "& TEXT((A1+A2)/2,"# ??/??")

You may want to use more ??? depending on what you want for the denominator.

DavidObeid wrote:
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> Thanks again, but now I get this:
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> The Average of 3 and 4 is= 3.5
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> I'm still not getting the 3.5 to read as 3 1/2
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