And just to add to J.E.'s response...

If you have dates or times or money that needs to be formatted:

="that car belongs to " & A1 & " " & A2 & " and cost " & text(a3,"$#,##0.00")
& " when they bought it on: " & text(a4,"mm/dd/yyyy") & "."

toad32 wrote:
>
> I have searched and searched for what I believe is really simple
> formula, but either I dont know what to search for or what I want to do
> is so elementary it should just be know. Anyway here is what I need to
> do.
>
> a1=tom
> a2=smith
> a3="that car belongs to ";a1;a2
>
> I need this to be universal so the formula works on column 3 of any row
> and will give me the result for that row.
>
> Anybody have a link or suggestion
>
> Carter
>
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