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FORMULA & SQL / TEXT

Build an email address from a name.
Tested, not guessed.

The Excel and Google Sheets formula and the SQL query, each run on the rows below. Open this with your own data ↗

The example rows

RowA: RegionB: RepC: AmountD: Order DateE: StatusF: Customer
2NorthAna1,2002026-03-01PaidJo Smith
3SouthBen4502026-03-15OpenRaj Patel
4NorthCy3002026-04-02PaidLee Wong
5EastAna980.502026-04-20PaidMia Ross
6NorthBen752026-05-05OpenJo Smith
7WestDee1,6402026-05-18PaidSam Okoro

The formula

Excel
=LOWER(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A2)," ","."))&"@"&"example.com"

Region (A2) with extra spaces removed with " " replaced by "." in lower case joined with "@" joined with "example.com".

Run on the example rows:

RowResult
2north@example.com
3south@example.com
4north@example.com
5east@example.com
6north@example.com
7west@example.com

The SQL

PostgreSQL
SELECT *, LOWER(REPLACE(TRIM(region), ' ', '.')) || '@example.com' AS email_address
FROM sales

Run on the example rows:

regionrepamountorder_datestatuscustomeremail_address
NorthAna12002026-03-01PaidJo Smithnorth@example.com
SouthBen4502026-03-15OpenRaj Patelsouth@example.com
NorthCy3002026-04-02PaidLee Wongnorth@example.com
EastAna980.52026-04-20PaidMia Rosseast@example.com
NorthBen752026-05-05OpenJo Smithnorth@example.com
WestDee16402026-05-18PaidSam Okorowest@example.com
Other databases
MySQL
SELECT *, CONCAT(LOWER(REPLACE(TRIM(region), ' ', '.')), '@example.com') AS email_address
FROM sales
SQL Server
SELECT *, CONCAT(LOWER(REPLACE(TRIM(region), ' ', '.')), '@example.com') AS email_address
FROM sales
SQLite
SELECT *, LOWER(REPLACE(TRIM(region), ' ', '.')) || '@example.com' AS email_address
FROM sales
BigQuery
SELECT *, CONCAT(LOWER(REPLACE(TRIM(region), ' ', '.')), '@example.com') AS email_address
FROM sales
Snowflake
SELECT *, LOWER(REPLACE(TRIM(region), ' ', '.')) || '@example.com' AS email_address
FROM sales

Your own data

Paste your rows into the free tool and it writes this for your columns, then runs it on your data before you copy it. Open the tool ↗

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