Adding text to a string

Hi
I am new to Numbers (I am using 09 on OS X 10.6.8) - I need to add a couple of characters to the end of a text string in one cell, if the condition in another cell is true.
A1 contains a persons name A2 can contain the formula I am seeking A3 will contain a date (or not)
So what I would like is,for a formula to detect if A3 contains a date - then if it does, to add the specified text (lets say a 'space' and '§') to the END of the persons name in A1.
This is a work around for the often asked conditional format rule to change text colour if . . .
Hope you can help
C

Hi Colin
Formulas can change only the content of the cell containing the formula. A cell may contain an entered value or a formula, but not both, so unless the names in A2 have been generated by a formula in that cell, you cannot use a formula to append additional text to them.
But you've said this is "a work around for the often asked conditional format rule to change text colour if . . ."
Conditional format rules compare the value in a cell to a fixed value or to the value in another cell. Rather than changing the value in to cell to be formatted, you could change the value in another cell to match the value in the target cell under specific conditions, then use a comparison of that cells value to the value of the target cell's own value to trigger the conditional format.
Here's a sample.
The rule shown is for A4. The other two cells with names in column A use the same rule, but with the column C comparison cell in their own row. Column C, shown with yellow fill, may be hidden.
C2 contains the formula below, which is Filled down to the other cells in column C:
C2: =IF(LEN(B2)>0,A2,"")
Note that this formula will detect any type of data entered into B2, not just a date.
Regards,
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