How to Reverse Concatenate in Excel

Using Formulas for Reverse Concatenation

To concatenate a range of strings in reverse order in Excel, use the formula =CONCAT(SORTBY(A1:A4, ROW(A1:A4), -1)). This reverses the order of cells in the range A1:A4 before concatenation. An alternative method is to incorporate the LET() function with the same formula for potentially improved readability and performance.

Splitting Text into Columns

Before reversing the order of data, you may need to split text into columns. Excel's Text-to-Columns function is ideal for this task. Use Flash Fill as a quick alternative, or the MID function when dealing with variable data.

Separating Date and Time Strings

When handling date and time strings that need to be split into separate cells, apply Excel's Text-to-Columns feature with a fixed width to divide the string appropriately before reversing and concatenating.

Common Use Cases

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  Splitting a string of text into separate columns
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  Reversing the order of characters in a cell
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  Correcting data structure after importing text files
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  Creating unique identifiers by reversing and combining elements
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  Analyzing and manipulating palindromes in data sets

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