To add an extra twist, the F5 load balancer also removes the leading “0” in any pair, so for instance 00:14:0F:80:a3:01 would show as 0:14:f:80:a3:1.
Or the easy way 🙂 =SUBSTITUTE(A2 ”-“ ”:”)Īn alternate solution, to convert the Cisco 0123.4567.89ab MAC format to the F5 load balancer MAC format of 01:23:45:67:89:ab, was send in by Mike Wintrode.
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In this article, I’ll give you examples of how to add, remove, or change the separator for MAC addresses in MS Excel or OO Spreadsheet.Īdding a seperator (change 0123456789ab into 01-23-45-67-89-ab) =CONCATENATE(MID(A2 1 2) ”-“ MID(A2 3 2) ”-“ MID(A2 5 2) ”-“ MID(A2 7 2) ”-“ MID(A2 9 2) ”-“ MID(A2 11 2)) The standard format for printing MAC addresses in human-friendly form is six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens (-) or colons (:), in transmission order, e.g. Yesterday someone asked me how to convert a data string to a MAC address. Your browser can’t show this frame.As I’m currently working a lot with Excel, I get a lot of questions like “How do I do this?” or “How do I do that?”.
To see the steps to combine cells in Excel without CONCATENATE, watch this short Excel video. Video: Combine Cells in Excel Without Concatenate Close the dialog box, and paste the formatting into the TEXT formula.On the Numbers tab, click the Custom category.Press Ctrl+1, to open the Format Cells dialog box.You can also format a sample cell in Excel, using the Number Format commands. If you need help with setting up the Number Format argument in the TEXT function, there are a few more examples on the Combine Cells in Excel page. The product name and price now have a space between them, and currency formatting on the number. Change the second cell reference, to include the TEXT function.In this example, you can format the number as currency, with two decimal places. The TEXT function has two arguments - the cell reference, and the formatting. When you combine text with a date or number, you can format the result by using the TEXT function. The product name and price now have a space between them. Type ” ” (double quote, space, double quote).To create a space, you can include a text string in the formula. Your formula to combine the product name and price cells worked as advertised, but the results would look better with a space between the product name and price. The values from the two cells are combined into one continuous text string, showing the product name and price.
In the screenshot below, the product name and amount are being combined, and the formula is: Click on the second cell that you want to combine.Click on the first cell that you want to combine.
In the cell where you’d like to see the combined values from two other cells: That’s a savings of 10 characters!Īnd in the hot weather we’re having this summer, it’s important to conserve your energy for more important things.Įven more good news - you don’t need to remember how to spell “ampersand”, and you can even use one of its less technical names - “Fancy And” or “Shift-7”. Yes, instead of using CONCATENATE, you can use the ampersand operator - & - to combine cell values in Excel. Keep reading, to learn the easy way to combine cells, and add some fancy formatting to the dates and numbers. You can combine cells in Excel, without CONCATENATE function. Good news, if you’re spelling challenged - or too lazy to type long words.
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