Rational
Count a number of characters in a text string.
Description
The Excel LEN function counts a number of characters (letters & symbols) of a given text strings excluding number formatting like $ or % in a digit. For example, LEN(“Excel”) returns “5”.
Syntax
=LEN (text)
Parameters
text – The text to find the length.
Return Value
An integer referring the length of a text string.
Key Notes
- The LEN function is handy to calculate length of text, number, and dates.
- LEN function return number of characters of a text as it stores, not the way Excel display it. For Example, The LEN function count characters excluding number formatting (i.e. the length of “$100.00” is 3).
- Also, account for characters after decimals.
In Excel LEN function also include length of space like here in cell B6 it returns 18 i.e. it count space with string.
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FIND
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EXACT
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