combining adjacent columns

[rooniwife]

o.k., thanks to a very helpful person scotto, i have been able to
combine adjacent columns using the formula =A1&" "&B1 to populate
column C, however i initially didnt finish my question...

I need to combine the columns...each column is of equal length
containing both letters and numerals..I've tried but to no avail..in
simple words a formula probably
will look something like this??

Arow#&" "&Brow#???

Thanks,
rooniwife

 

[RagDyer]

I don't understand your problem.
Could you re-phrase it?

 

[rooniwife]

o.k. i'll try this again...sorry my question was ambiguous..

i need to combine two columns of equal length,over 2000 entries in both
column A
and column B. In order to create column C...in can do it individually
by:

C2 =A2&" "&B2
C3 = A3&" "&C3
C4 = A4&" "&C4
C5 = A5&" "&C5

you get the idea...surely there is a better way

Thanks,
rooniwife

 

[Dave Peterson]

Find the last cell in column C that will require the formula (say C2100).

Hit Edit|Goto
type:
C2:C2100

Now that range is selected.

type this:
=A1& " " & B2
and hit ctrl-enter.

Excel will fill each cell in that range with the correct formula.

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Alternatively, you could type the formula in C2 and use the autofill button on
the bottom right corner of the activecell and drag it down your range. (It gets
boring when you have 2000 rows to drag down, though.)