Name

LEN

Synopsis

Use LEN to determine the number of characters in a string of text.

To Calculate

=LEN(Text)

Example

Figure 18-5 shows how LEN determines the actual number of characters in a string.

Character Count

Keep in mind that spaces between words are also counted as characters in the string.

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