Does anybody know if this post from 3 years ago has been addressed?
https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/new-line-alt-enter-formulas
I'm looking to concatenate cells with line breaks. Thanks!
Hi Tyler,
Use the instructions below to add a line break in a string created by formula (using JOIN or "+" symbols)
1. Create a column called "Helper" and put two dashes separated by a blank line in row 1: -
-
2. To use with JOIN, set this function as the delimiter: "SUBSTITUTE(Helper$1, "-", "")3. To use in a manual string, enter this to add a line break: "+ SUBSTITUTE(Helper$1, "-", "") +"
Enable word-wrap on any cell where you use this technique. The helper cell can't be deleted. Word wrap must be enabled on cells that use this technique.
Thanks, Kara. Could I get some screenshots showing the instructions above? Also, I'm not sure which of the two options would be best for my scenario (either the + symbol or JOIN.
Thank you!
Here you go!
Brilliant!
Paul,
What will be brilliant is just doing a UNICHAR(13)
I had no idea what that was. I did a little research, and yes. That will be brilliant.
Great! But does this work when wanting to "join" different cells within the same row? I see your example joins Ziggy, Zoey, and Dobby which are rows 1, 2, 3. I'm looking to create a joined cell with these line breaks you're showing, but for each row with selected data points in separate columns....if that makes sense...see my screenshot showing that my concatenated formula doesn't line break.
Try something like this.
The Double Carriage cell/column would look like below:
=JOIN([Host Agency Name]@row:[AgencyCountry]@row; SUBSTITUTE([Double Carriage]@row; "-"; ""))
The same version but with the below changes for your and others convenience.
=JOIN([Host Agency Name]@row:[AgencyCountry]@row, SUBSTITUTE([Double Carriage]@row, "-", ""))
Depending on your country you’ll need to exchange the comma to a period and the semi-colon to a comma.
This should be the result (without the space between the rows):
Willacy County EMS
Phone
693 South 7th
Raymondville
TX
78550
USA
Did it work?
Have a fantastic week!
Best,
Andrée Starå
Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting
Thanks, Andree, but could you take a look at my screenshot and tell me what I'm missing?
Happy to help!
Just change the @1 to @row instead. I added @row because then you don't need to think about row numbers.
Andrée
Here's another screenshot...still to no avail...
Hey Tyler,
This works:
=SUBSTITUTE(Helper$1, "-", "") + [Host Agency Name]@row + SUBSTITUTE(Helper$1, "-", "") + [Host Agency State]@row
When you add in a state, it will do a line break
SUCCESS!! Thank you so much!
It should work!
Are all the columns placed beside each other? Are the column names correct?
Can you maybe share the sheet(s)? I'd be happy to take a look and see what the problem is. (Delete/replace any confidential/sensitive information before sharing) That would make it easier to help. (share too, andree@getdone.se)
I think I know why it didn't work.
I didn't see that In your formula you used semi-colons but I think that where you are located it should be as Karas and commas instead.
Try this one.
=JOIN([Host Agency Name]@row:[Host Agency State]@row, SUBSTITUTE([Double Carriage]@row, "-", ""))
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