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WORKPLACE BOSS CHALLENGES · ORIGINAL EXERCISE

The contact restoration

Create "Ari Stone <ari@example.com>" from A2 and C2 using cleanup functions and concatenation. Your formula should use the source cells.

This quest practices Cleanup project using a fictional business dataset. Read the sheet below, then enter the interactive quest to write and check your formula.

Raw nameCodeEmailCityImported amount
aRI stone ORD-NY-204ARI@EXAMPLE.COMNew-York1200
bea moonORD-LA-105BEA@EXAMPLE.COMLos-Angeles850
CAM reed ORD-NY-306CAM@EXAMPLE.COMNew-York940
dev foxORD-AT-107DEV@EXAMPLE.COMAtlanta650
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Hints to get you started

  1. Clean and capitalize the name.
  2. Lowercase the email.
  3. Join the pieces with " <" and ">".
Show the worked solution
=PROPER(TRIM(A2))&" <"&LOWER(C2)&">"

A small chain of deterministic text transformations turns an untidy import into a readable contact label.

Make the skill stick

After solving the task, explain what each reference does and why the formula answers the business question. Try the workbook download inside the quest to practice in your own spreadsheet app.

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