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TEXT & DATA CLEANUP · ORIGINAL EXERCISE

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Join the cleaned name from A2 and lowercase email from C2, with " | " between them.

This quest practices Text concatenation 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. The & operator joins text.
  2. Clean A2 with TRIM and C2 with LOWER.
  3. Join the two expressions with the quoted separator.
Show the worked solution
=TRIM(A2)&" | "&LOWER(C2)

Concatenation builds readable labels while retaining each field’s cleanup.

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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