Batch string concatenation in Excel

Question

I have a couple hundred of cells in Excel I would like to concatenate into a single string. Is there a simpler method of doing this than going through them one by one manual

Answer 1

This VBA function will concatenate the contents of cells, with an optional delimiter, if needed. Copy it into a standard module:

  Option Explicit

  Function Concat(CellRange As Range, Optional Delimiter As String) As String 
 ' this function will concatenate a range of cells and return the result as a single string
 ' useful when you have a large range of cells that you need to concatenate
 ' source: http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/05/28/how-to-add-a-range-of-cells-in-excel-concat/

  Dim retVal As String, dlm As String, cell As Range
  retVal = ""
  If Delimiter = Null Then
      dlm = ""
  Else
    dlm = Delimiter
  End If
  For Each cell In CellRange
      If CStr(cell.Value) <> "" And CStr(cell.Value) <> " " Then
          retVal = retVal & CStr(cell.Value) & dlm
      End If
  Next
  If dlm <> "" Then
      retVal = Left(retVal, Len(retVal) - Len(dlm))
  End If
  Concat = retVal
End Function