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Combining Text

jonathangonzales
8 - Asteroid
‎04-07-2016 01:21 PM

Hello,

 I am trying to combine 2 fields with a character in the middle.

in excel it would look like.    =A2&" - "&B2

How can i do that formula in alteryx?

 

Family Desc Together
Cheese Dip Cheese - Dip
Cheese Packaged Cheese - Packaged
Cheese Gouda Cheese - Gouda
Cheese Soft Cheese - Soft
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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus
‎04-07-2016 01:34 PM
[family] + ' - ' + [desc]
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dataMack
12 - Quasar
‎04-07-2016 01:35 PM

Connect a Formula tool and name the new field 'Together' and make it a string.  Your formula would be:

[Family]+' - '+[Desc]

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