concat multiple cells with criteria

[mav6213]

Hello all,

I am trying to concatenate 8 different cells based on criteria. The criteria is whether or not the cell is blank. If the cell is blank it will remove the dash and move one cell back. I have an example below. In between each of these words i want a "-" as well. I have go down a few levels using a simple If-then statement cant get get all the columns. I would really appreciate any help you could offer.

Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E Concat Col
Mr Bob Carter Harold Jr Mr-Bob-Carter-Harold-JR
Mr Bob Carter Harold Mr-Bob-Carter-Harold
Mr Bob Carter Mr-Bob-Carter
Mr Bob Mr-Bob
Mr Mr

 

[Fluff]

What version of Excel are you using?
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