How to use the CONCATENATE function to combine multiple ranges in Google Sheets?

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Syntactica Sophia
2 years ago

The CONCATENATE function in Google Sheets is used to combine the contents of two or more cells into a single cell. However, sometimes we may need to combine the contents of multiple ranges of cells into a single cell. In this case, we can use the CONCATENATE function in combination with the ampersand (&) operator to achieve the desired result.

Here's an example:

=CONCATENATE(A1:B3&D1:E3&G1:H3)

In this example, we have three ranges of cells: A1:B3, D1:E3, and G1:H3. By using the ampersand operator to separate the ranges, we are able to combine the contents of all three ranges into a single cell.

It's important to note that the ampersand operator can only be used with two ranges of cells at a time. Therefore, if you need to combine more than two ranges, you will need to nest multiple CONCATENATE functions within each other. For example:

=CONCATENATE(CONCATENATE(A1:B3&D1:E3)&G1:H3)

This formula combines the ranges A1:B3 and D1:E3 first, and then combines the result with the range G1:H3.