How to Use the TEXTJOIN Function in Excel (With Delimiters)

How to Use the TEXTJOIN Function in Excel (With Delimiters)

The TEXTJOIN function in Excel is used to combine multiple values into a single cell, separated by a delimiter (like a comma, space, dash, etc.). It’s a more powerful and flexible version of CONCATENATE.

📘 Syntax:

=TEXTJOIN(delimiter, ignore_empty, text1, [text2], ...)

✅ Parameters:

• delimiter – The character used to separate joined text (e.g., ", " or "-")
• ignore_empty – TRUE to skip empty cells, FALSE to include them
• text1, text2... – The values to join

📌 Example:

=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, A2:A5)

This will join the values from A2 to A5 with commas and skip blanks.

🎯 Use Cases:

• Creating full names from first, middle, last name
• Combining product categories or tags
• Generating address or location fields
• Making CSV-like strings for reports

💡 Tip:

Use TEXTJOIN for dynamic text combining. You can even use it with filters or arrays to build clean outputs from partial data.

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