This small UDF will return the number of plus signs in a formula:

Function count_plus(r As Range) As Integer
v = r.Formula
count_plus = Len(v) - Len(Replace(v, "+", ""))
End Function

This small UDF will display a function as a string:

Function formularity(r As Range) As String
formularity = r.Formula
End Function

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Gary''s Student - gsnu2007


" wrote:

I am entering the following in a cell: =5+8+60+1

Now I would like to do two things:
1. I would like to count number of numerical terms in this entry
(e.g. 4 in the above example). Is there any way of counting + sign in
cell and showing the result in a different cell?

2. I would like to see the content of the above cell as is (i.e.,
=5+8+60+1) in another cell of a different worksheet of a workbook.

-Peter