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Output an Excel formula

yozveren
6 - Meteoroid

Hello,

 

My question might sound stupid, but here I go.

 

Once the Alteryx Excel file Output comes, I would like that the Excel cells of a specific column from that file reads: =TEXTE(B8&" - "&C8&" - "&D8&" - "&E8;"")

 

So I create a formula in Alteryx, create the column, and copy paste the expression in the formula and then put " " at the beginning and the end:

"=TEXTE(B8&" - "&C8&" - "&D8&" - "&E8;"")"

 

However, Alteryx naturally considers the " in order, instead of only taking into account the first and last one.

 

How can I make this work ? Basically, how can we write " in a formula ?

I hope that my question is clear, let me know if not.

 

Thank you

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BenMoss
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

You can write " as text by using single qoutes instead as the value that starts and ends text.

 

'=TEXTE(B8&" - "&C8&" - "&D8&" - "&E8;"")'

yozveren
6 - Meteoroid

Was a stupid question after all.

 

Thank you very much!

PaulN
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Hi @yozveren,

 

Thank you for posting.

 

You may replace the external double quotes by single quotes.

 

formula_single_quote.png

 

Kind regards,

 

Paul Noirel

Sr Customer Support Engineer, Alteryx

 

 

 

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