Question about CONCATENATE

[Emperor]

Hi all,

I'm trying to use CONCATENATE for 4 columns.

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 304pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=405 x:str><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 72pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3510" width=96><COL style="WIDTH: 73pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3547" width=97><COL style="WIDTH: 78pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3803" width=104><COL style="WIDTH: 81pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3949" width=108><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-height-source: userset" height=16><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 72pt; HEIGHT: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 height=16 width=96 x:num>17</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 73pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl22 width=97 x:num>2</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 78pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 width=104 x:num="3">03</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 81pt; BORDER-TOP: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl24 width=108 x:num>120</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-height-source: userset" height=16><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 72pt; HEIGHT: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 height=16 width=96 x:num>21</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 73pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl22 width=97 x:num>0</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 78pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 width=104 x:num>20</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 81pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl24 width=108 x:num>110</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-height-source: userset" height=16><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 72pt; HEIGHT: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 height=16 width=96 x:num>42</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 73pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl22 width=97 x:num>6</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 78pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 width=104 x:num="1">01</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 81pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl24 width=108 x:num>110</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-height-source: userset" height=16><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 72pt; HEIGHT: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 height=16 width=96 x:num>41</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 73pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl22 width=97 x:num>8</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 78pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 width=104 x:num="1">01</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 81pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl24 width=108 x:num>110</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-height-source: userset" height=16><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 72pt; HEIGHT: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 height=16 width=96 x:num>41</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 73pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl22 width=97 x:num>8</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 78pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 width=104 x:num="1">01</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 81pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl24 width=108 x:num>310</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-height-source: userset" height=16><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 72pt; HEIGHT: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 height=16 width=96 x:num>41</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 73pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl22 width=97 x:num>8</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 78pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 width=104 x:num="1">01</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 81pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl24 width=108 x:num>311</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12pt; mso-height-source: userset" height=16><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 72pt; HEIGHT: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 height=16 width=96 x:num>16</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 73pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl22 width=97 x:num>3</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 78pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl23 width=104 x:num>10</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: silver; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 81pt; BORDER-TOP: silver; BORDER-RIGHT: silver 0.5pt solid" class=xl24 width=108 x:num>420</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
The columns are not saved as numbers, but as 0, 00 or 000 (depending on the amount of numbers) (otherwise the 0's will be deleted)

I would like to CONCATENATE this to get;
17|2|03|120
21|0|20|110
42|6|01|110
etc.

But the problem is when I use CONCATENATE it deletes the zero's in front of the single numbers;
17|2|3|120
21|0|20|110
42|6|1|110

Could somebody help me?

Mathijs.

 

[MrKowz]

Try:

=TEXT(A1,REPT(0,LEN(A1)))&"|"&TEXT(B1,REPT(0,LEN(B1)))&"|"&TEXT(C1,REPT(0,LEN(C1)))&"|"&TEXT(D1,REPT(0,LEN(D1)))

 

[VoG]

Try

=TEXT(A1,"00")&B1&TEXT(C1,"00")&TEXT(D1,"000")

 

[macdca]

If you format the fields as text rather than number that should work?

 

[Emperor]

Peter,

Thanks for the clean code. I added the | myself and works really well.

MrKowz, also thanks for the effort!

Mathijs

 

[MrKowz]

Peter,

Thanks for the clean code. I added the | myself and works really well.

MrKowz, also thanks for the effort!

Mathijs

Peter's code will work great if you have a consistent length of numbers in each column. The one I supplied will work for any combination of lengths (just wanted to post this explanation for future users who may have a similar requirement and come across this post)

<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 /></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></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style="text-align: right;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #EFEFEF;;">17</td><td style="text-align: right;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #EFEFEF;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #EFEFEF;;">03</td><td style="text-align: right;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;background-color: #EFEFEF;;">120</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style=";">17|2|03|120</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</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: #EFEFEF;;">21</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: #EFEFEF;;">0005</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: #EFEFEF;;">20</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: #EFEFEF;;">110</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style=";">21|0005|20|110</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</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: #EFEFEF;;">034</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: #EFEFEF;;">6</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: #EFEFEF;;">01</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: #EFEFEF;;">110</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style=";">034|6|01|110</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</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: #EFEFEF;;">41</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: #EFEFEF;;">8</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: #EFEFEF;;">01</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: #EFEFEF;;">001001</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style=";">41|8|01|001001</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</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: #EFEFEF;;">41</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: #EFEFEF;;">8</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: #EFEFEF;;">01</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: #EFEFEF;;">310</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style=";">41|8|01|310</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">6</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: #EFEFEF;;">041</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: #EFEFEF;;">0008</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: #EFEFEF;;">000001</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: #EFEFEF;;">0311</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style=";">041|0008|000001|0311</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">7</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: #EFEFEF;;">16</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: #EFEFEF;;">3</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: #EFEFEF;;">10</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: #EFEFEF;;">420</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style=";">16|3|10|420</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style="background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th><b>Sheet1</b></th></tr></td></thead></table><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">F1</th><td style="text-align:left">=TEXT(<font color="Blue">A1,REPT(<font color="Red">0,LEN(<font color="Green">A1</font>)</font>)</font>)&"|"&TEXT(<font color="Blue">B1,REPT(<font color="Red">0,LEN(<font color="Green">B1</font>)</font>)</font>)&"|"&TEXT(<font color="Blue">C1,REPT(<font color="Red">0,LEN(<font color="Green">C1</font>)</font>)</font>)&"|"&TEXT(<font color="Blue">D1,REPT(<font color="Red">0,LEN(<font color="Green">D1</font>)</font>)</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />