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How to combine two columns in Excel and Google Sheets
Excel & Google Sheets
=A2&" "&B2Try it with your data
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Step by step
- 1In a new column, type =A2&" "&B2 to join with a space between.
- 2Change " " to any separator — ", " for a comma, "" for none.
- 3Copy the formula down the column.
Tips
- TEXTJOIN(" ", TRUE, A2, B2) joins many cells and skips empty ones.
- Wrap a name in PROPER() to fix inconsistent capitalisation while you combine.
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Frequently asked
What is the difference between & and CONCATENATE?
They do the same thing. The & operator is shorter; TEXTJOIN is better when you need a delimiter and want to ignore blank cells.