Does anyone know of a formula or function that will look at a cell and tell
you how many characters there are in a cell?
Thanks in advance!
Peo Sjoblom - 18 Jul 2007 20:07 GMT
=LEN(A1)
note that spaces are counted as well
=LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))
will not include spaces

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Regards,
Peo Sjoblom
> Does anyone know of a formula or function that will look at a cell and
> tell you how many characters there are in a cell?
>
> Thanks in advance!
Bob I - 18 Jul 2007 20:08 GMT
LEN(cell address)
> Does anyone know of a formula or function that will look at a cell and tell
> you how many characters there are in a cell?
>
> Thanks in advance!
TxWebdesigner - 18 Jul 2007 20:09 GMT
Nevermind - just found my answer in a previous post. THanks!
> Does anyone know of a formula or function that will look at a cell and
> tell you how many characters there are in a cell?
>
> Thanks in advance!
Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB) - 18 Jul 2007 20:10 GMT
> Does anyone know of a formula or function that will look at a cell and
> tell you how many characters there are in a cell?
Does the LEN function do what you want?
Rick