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How to Use JOIN() in Google Sheets

Description

Concatenates the elements of one or more one-dimensional arrays using a specified delimiter.

How To Actually Use JOIN() in Sheets

JOIN(delimiter, value_or_array1, [value_or_array2, ...])

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In cells A1:A5, you have a list of first names. Use the JOIN function to concatenate these names into a single string, separated by commas, and place the result in cell B1.

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