try something like
="The rate is "&text($A$1,"0%")
"micoope" wrote:
> I have created a formula that uses the concantenate function that refers to a
> cell that is formatted as percentage. However, the cell that contains the
> formula shows the referred to cell as a decimal. The referred to cell is
> using a list and data validation. For example, cell A1 uses a list of the
> following number: 1%, 2%,....99%. Since data validation is used, a drop down
> list is created with all of these percentages. Cell B1 has the formula
> '=CONCANTENATE("The rate is "$A$1)' The result shown is 'The rate is 0.85'
> I want it to display 'The rate is 85%'
>
> Thanks.
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