Google Sheets – How to Append Cell Value to Output in Another Cell

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I'm trying to append the value of a cell into my string output.

Example
I have a dropdown selection of Apple and Oranges in A1. I want A2 to say You've picked [input value from A1], how would I do that?

Best Answer

This is called concatenation of strings. There are three ways to do this in Google Sheets:

A2 ="You've picked" & A1

or

A2 =concatenate("You've picked", A1)

or

A2 =concat("You've picked", A1)

The difference between concatenate and concat is that the former accepts any number of strings, while the latter accepts only two. There isn't a reason to use concat, I mention it just for completeness.