Referencing a cell to have a line change - excel

In excel, it is possible to force a line change in the cell by pressing alt+enter when typing. Say I have cell A1 with "abc" on the top and "def" on the next line.
I want to write "=A1" in the cell A2 so that it displays the same thing. Unfortunately, they get concatenated, and in A2 it is simply written abcdef.
Does anyone know if it is even possible to do?
writing
="abc" & vbLF & "def"
does not work. Neither does chr(10). I can do it with vba but I would rather have a simple reference.
A copy/paste of A1 does not work either, as it splits the text between the cells underneath it. (A2 contains "abc", and A3 contains "def")

If you select the cell with the formula and hit "Wrap Text" the line breaks will appear as they were in the referenced cell.
For those that don't know where wrap text is at it is under the "Home" Tab in the "Alignment" category: (for excel 2010)

Related

how to append a multi-line text after a formula in Microsoft Excel?

I can make an automatically calcuated value appear a cell using '=' operator. For example, when cell F20 is 200, I can enter in cell G20
=F20/10
Then, I see 20 in cell G20.
Now I want to add a note in cell G20 so that it appears
20
note 4)
I know I can do
=concatenate(F20/10," note 4)")
but this obviously shows
20 note4)
which is not what I want.
How can I put enter(new line) in the appended text in this case?
You can use CHAR(10) which is newline:
=concatenate(F20/10,CHAR(10),"(note 4)")
Make sure you have 'Wrap Text' turned on for it to work.

How to merge more than one cell in one new cell in Excel?

Dears,
I want to merge more than one cell and put it inside a new cell. Please see the below image for the example.
Thanks for your support.
Example:
Try:
Range ("b12").value = range ("b2").value & vbLf & range ("b3").value & vbLf etc...
In-Cell Line Break
You can use the in-cell line break, keyboard shortcut ALT+ENTER, and enter the values one below other inside one cell.
So in B12 you type
121
ALT+ENTER
123
ALT+ENTER
...
Formula with line breaks
You can use a formula to achieve the result.
=IF(A2=A1;C1&CHAR(10)&B2;TEXT(B2;"#")), where CHAR(10) is a line break character.
Then you select the cells with result and toggle word wrap on. See picture:
You can then copy and paste as values, delete the rows you dont need.

How to convert the result (as displayed) in the cell to text in Excel

I have formatted a cell in Excel as Scientific with 1 decimal place then I inserted a number in it like (0.41). After pressing enter the result displayed is (4.1E-01). My aim is to put this result in a cell with text format so that when I double click the cell, I can copy/modify the text (4.1E-01) as I want.
I tried to format that cell as text but the result gets back to 0.41. I also tried to copy the cell and paste the value only using "Special Paste" into a text-formatted cell but the result keeps returning to 0.41. Do you have a suggestion on how to solve this issue?
Thanks in advance
This is a bit of a work around unless you want to use VBA. In an adjacent cell type this formula:
=TEXT(A1,"0.00E+00")
Now you can copy that cell and paste values only and get just the text:
2.22E+27
If your okay with VBA use this:
Range("A2").Value = Range("A1").Text

Append same text to every cell in a column in Excel

How can I append text to every cell in a column in Excel? I need to add a comma (",") to the end.
Example:
email#address.com turns into email#address.com,
Data Sample:
m2engineers#yahoo.co.in
satishmm_2sptc#yahoo.co.in
threed_precisions#rediffmail.com
workplace_solution#yahoo.co.in
threebworkplace#dataone.in
dtechbng#yahoo.co.in
innovations#yahoo.co.in
sagar#mmm.com
bpsiva#mmm.com
nsrinivasrao#mmm.com
pdilip#mmm.com
vvijaykrishnan#mmm.com
mrdevaraj#mmm.com
b3minvestorhelpdesk#mmm.com
sbshridhar#mmm.com
balaji#mmm.com
schakravarthi#mmm.com
srahul1#mmm.com
khramesh2#mmm.com
avinayak#mmm.com
rockindia#hotmail.com
See if this works for you.
All your data is in column A (beginning at row 1).
In column B, row 1, enter =A1&","
This will make cell B1 equal A1 with a comma appended.
Now select cell B1 and drag from the bottom right of cell down through all your rows (this copies the formula and uses the corresponding column A value.)
Select the newly appended data, copy it and paste it where you need using Paste -> By Value
That's It!
It's a simple "&" function.
=cell&"yourtexthere"
Example - your cell says Mickey, and you want Mickey Mouse. Mickey is in A2. In B2, type
=A2&" Mouse"
Then, copy and "paste special" for values.
B2 now reads "Mickey Mouse"
It's simple...
=CONCATENATE(A1, ",")
Example: if email#address.com is in the A1 cell then write in another cell: =CONCATENATE(A1, ",")
email#address.com After this formula you will get email#address.com,
For remove formula: copy that cell and use Alt + E + S + V or paste special value.
There is no need to use extra columns or VBA if you only want to add the character for display purposes.
As this post suggests, all you need to do is:
Select the cell(s) you would like to apply the formatting to
Click on the Home tab
Click on Number
Select Custom
In the Type text box, enter your desired formatting by placing the number zero inside whatever characters you want.
Example of such text for formatting:
If you want the cell holding value 120.00 to read $120K, type $0K
Pretty simple...you could put all of them in a cell using the concatenate function:
=CONCATENATE(A1, ", ", A2, ", ", and so on)
Highlight the column and then Ctrl + F.
Find and replace
Find ".com"
Replace ".com, "
And then one for .in
Find and replace
Find ".in"
Replace ".in, "
Simplest of them all is to use the "Flash Fill" option under the "Data" tab.
Keep the original input column on the left (say column A) and just add a blank column on the right of it (say column B, this new column will be treated as output).
Just fill in a couple of cells of Column B with actual expected output. In this case:
m2engineers#yahoo.co.in,
satishmm_2sptc#yahoo.co.in,
Then select the column range where you want the output along with the first couple of cells you filled manually ... then do the magic...click on "Flash Fill".
It basically understands the output pattern corresponding to the input and fills the empty cells.
I just wrote this for another answer:
You would call it using the form using your example: appendTextToRange "[theRange]", ",".
Sub testit()
appendTextToRange "A1:D4000", "hey there"
End Sub
Sub appendTextToRange(rngAddress As String, append As String)
Dim arr() As Variant, c As Variant
arr = Range(rngAddress).Formula
For x = LBound(arr, 1) To UBound(arr, 1)
For y = LBound(arr, 2) To UBound(arr, 2)
Debug.Print arr(x, y)
If arr(x, y) = "" Then
arr(x, y) = append
ElseIf Left(arr(x, y), 1) = "=" Then
arr(x, y) = arr(x, y) & " & "" " & append & """"
Else
arr(x, y) = arr(x, y) & " " & append
End If
Next
Next
Range(rngAddress).Formula = arr
End Sub
Select the range of cells, type in the value and press Ctrl + Enter.
This, of course, is true if you want to do it manually.
Put the text/value in the first cell, then copy the cell, mark the whole colum and 'paste' the copied text/value.
This works in Excel 97 - sorry no other version available on my side...
This is addition to #Edward-Leno 's answer for more detail/explanation and cases where the text cells are formulas instead of values, and you want to retain the original formula.
Suppose your cells look like this (formulas)
="email" & "#" & "address.com"
=A1 & "#" & C1
instead of this (values)
email#address.com
If "email" and "address.com" were some cells like A1 is the email and C1 is the address.com part, then you'd have something like =A1&"#"&C1 which would be important to retain since A1 and C1 might not be constants and can change, so the comma-concatenated values would change, like if C1 is "gmail.com", "yahoo.com", or something else based on its formula.
Values method: The following steps will successfully append text but only keep the value using a scratch column (this works for rows, too, but for simplicity, the directions are for columns)
Assume column A is your data.
In scratch column B, start anywhere like the top of column B such as at B1 and put this formula:
=A1&","
Essentially, the "&" is the concatenation operator, combining two strings together (numbers are converted to strings). The "," can be adjusted to ", " if you want a space after the comma.
Copy the cell B1 and copy it down to all other cells in column B, either by clicking at the bottom right of cell B1 and dragging down, or copying with "Ctrl+C" or right-click > "Copy".
Paste B1 to all cells in column B with "Ctrl+V" or right-click > "Paste Options:" > "Paste". You should see the data looking like you intended.
Copy all cells in column B and paste them to where you want via right-click > "Paste Options:" > "Values". We select values so it doesn't mess up any formatting or conditional formatting
Formula retention method: The following steps will successfully retain the original formula. The process is similar to the values method, and only step 2, the formula used to concatenate the comma, changes.
Assume column A is your data.
In scratch column B, start anywhere like the top of column B such as at B1 and put this formula:
=FORMULATEXT(A1)&","
FORMULATEXT() grabs the formula of the cell as opposed to the value of it, so a simple example would be that it grabs =2+2 instead of 4, or =A1 & "#" & C1 where A1 is "Bob" and C1 is "gmail.com" instead of Bob#gmail.com.
Note: This formula only works for Excel versions 2013 and greater. For alternative equivalent solutions for Excel 2010 and older, see this superuser answer: https://superuser.com/a/894441/495155
Copy the cell B1 and copy it down to all other cells in column B, either by clicking at the bottom right of cell B1 and dragging down, or copying with "Ctrl+C" or right-click > "Copy".
Paste B1 to all cells in column B with "Ctrl+V" or right-click > "Paste Options:" > "Paste". You should see the data looking like you intended.
Copy all cells in column B and paste them to where you want via right-click > "Paste Options:" > "Values". We select values so it doesn't mess up any formatting or conditional formatting
Type it in one cell, copy that cell, select all the cells you want to fill, and paste.
Alternatively, type it in one cell, select the black square in the bottom-right of that cell, and drag down.

Excel formula to show linked cell ID

In an excel cell, I've placed a simple formula
=C4
The cell typically displays the value of cell C4, but instead I want to see the linked cell ID instead, which in this case is "C4".
Is there a formula to show me this? like:
=SHOWCELL(C4)
The reason I need this instead of simply typing the value of "C4" into the cell, is so Excel will maintain the link to the correct cell even if rows are inserted/deleted, AND show me which cell is linked.
You should be able to use the Cell function.
In Excel, the Cell function can be used to retrieve information about a cell. This can include contents, formatting, size, etc.
=Cell("address", C4)
This displays $C$4.
When inserting a row before C4, it is changed to $C$5.
In case you do not want the $ signs, one way would be the Substitute function:
=Substitute( Cell("address", C4), "$", "" )
You can create your own User Defined Function to achieve this. I call it "CellReference".
Usage:
=CellReference(B6)
displays "B6"
To use it, launch VBA, insert a module, and then copy the below into the module:
Function CellReference(cell As range) As String
CellReference = cell.Address(0, 0, xlA1)
End Function

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