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    Preserving Formatting while using CONCATENATE function

    Hello all,

    If I wanted to combine cell A1 "$10.00" with B1 "per day", how would I combine them so that the currency format would stay?

    Currently I am using:

    =CONCATENATE(A1," ",B1) but it is resulting in "10 per day". I'd like to keep the currency as well.

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    Re: Preserving Formatting while using CONCATENATE function

    You can use the TEXT function:
    =CONCATENATE(TEXT(A1,"$0")," ",B1)
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    Re: Preserving Formatting while using CONCATENATE function

    Try,

    =CONCATENATE(TEXT(I10,"$ #.00")," ",J10)

    I10 is amount and J10 per day

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    Re: Preserving Formatting while using CONCATENATE function

    Or you can drop CONCATENATE function altogether

    =TEXT(A1,"$0.00")&" "&B1

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    Re: Preserving Formatting while using CONCATENATE function

    Excellent, thank you for the quick reply. For future reference @romperstomper, that works well as long as there are no decimals. I used yours in combination with @AlKey. Thank you all for your contributions.

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    Re: Preserving Formatting while using CONCATENATE function

    Oops - I missed that you wanted the decimals!

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