Merge cells with ;

[justdream]

Dears,

Do you know how to merge cells with ;
but:
I've dynamic number of cells (for example 1st. row has 1 cell, 2nd row has 3 cells, etc)
Plus I don't want ; to be at the end of each cell values

How to do that as I face this task many times

 

[Weaver]

Do you have any sample data & expected results?

 

[justdream]

Yes,

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	Input1	Input2	Input3			Output
2	990					990
3	945					945
4	343	35	543			343;35;543
5	2323	777				2323;777
Sheet1

 

[Yahya]

try this
<b>Excel 2007</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th><th>D</th><th>E</th><th>F</th><th>G</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">Input1</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">Input2</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">Input3</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #99CC00;;">Output</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">Yahya</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">990</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">990</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;">990</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">945</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">945</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;">945</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">343</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">35</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">543</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">343;35;543</td><td style="border-left: 1px solid black;;">343;35;543</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">2323</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">777</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;"></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFFFF;;">2323;777</td><td style="border-left: 1px solid black;;">2323;777</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet3</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">G2</th><td style="text-align:left">=CHOOSE(<font color="Blue">COUNTIF(<font color="Red">A2:C2,">0"</font>),A2,A2&";"&B2,A2&";"&B2&";"&C2</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[justdream]

Thanks Yahya, but sometimes I've more than 3 input columns, I've just shared an example
so we need to check for dynamic solution which could be used if I've 3 input columns or 12, etc

 

[Weaver]

Here's a user defined formula that might help

Function conc(ByVal r As Range, Optional s As String = ";")
    For Each c In r.Cells
        Debug.Print c.Value, Len(c.Value)
        If c.Value <> "" Then conc = conc & c.Value & s
    Next c
    conc = Trim(conc)
    conc = Left(conc, Len(conc) - 1)
End Function

usage:

=conc(A1:D1)

where your values are in A1 - D1

or

=conc(A1:D1",")

if you want to use a comma for a separator.

HTH

 

[justdream]

Thanks a lot, your function is working perfectly, that's what I need exactly

 

[justdream]

Dear Weaver,

Kindly supprot to fix this issue:
I've tested your function by using it to merge soem data I've (I've made Macro for it)
but it has been stopped at row number 5226 and didn't continue to the end
do you know how to fix it

http://www.4shared.com/file/wYGa2kYI/ex_online.html
pass: ex

 

[Weaver]

Can you post your code on the forum please? As a rule, I don't download files (I can't if I'm at work anyway).

You could also tell me what line it fails on and what error it reports.

 

[justdream]

Thanks my friend, it's ok now