Use a variable within text

Hi,
In my calc sheet I have the name ‘wage’ for a cell and put my wage value in there so I can use it other places.
I would like to use that variable within the text of another cell but can’t so far.

eg: “Current houly charge is =(wage) per hour”

I would think this is possible but I’m not seeing this explained in any posts so far.
Thanks

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Hello @how0909,

Try =("Current hourly charge is " & (wage) & " per hour")

and =("Current hourly charge is " & wage & " per hour") also works.

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The parentheses are not necessary.

Yes, that does work, great thanks!
I had also found concatenate

=CONCATENATE(“Current hourly charge is $”, wage, " per hour")

but yours is shorter, just need to remember the '&'s.
Thanks again!

You welcome.

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You welcome.

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