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Is there a character count feature in Excel?
I am trying to figure out if there is a way to count characters in an
individual cell. My requirement limit is 25 characters but I am starting with cell data that is much more than that. I have to reduce the count while maintaining the intelligence of the cell information. I must do this literally hundreds of times. It would make life much easier to have a running count visible rather than to count each character in each cell every time. |
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Is there a character count feature in Excel?
=LEN(A1) will count the characters in that cell.
"Bob S" wrote: I am trying to figure out if there is a way to count characters in an individual cell. My requirement limit is 25 characters but I am starting with cell data that is much more than that. I have to reduce the count while maintaining the intelligence of the cell information. I must do this literally hundreds of times. It would make life much easier to have a running count visible rather than to count each character in each cell every time. |
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Is there a character count feature in Excel?
Try the len() function.
HTH. "Bob S" wrote: I am trying to figure out if there is a way to count characters in an individual cell. My requirement limit is 25 characters but I am starting with cell data that is much more than that. I have to reduce the count while maintaining the intelligence of the cell information. I must do this literally hundreds of times. It would make life much easier to have a running count visible rather than to count each character in each cell every time. |
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Is there a character count feature in Excel?
Perfect. Thanks...
"DaveO" wrote: Try the len() function. HTH. "Bob S" wrote: I am trying to figure out if there is a way to count characters in an individual cell. My requirement limit is 25 characters but I am starting with cell data that is much more than that. I have to reduce the count while maintaining the intelligence of the cell information. I must do this literally hundreds of times. It would make life much easier to have a running count visible rather than to count each character in each cell every time. |
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Is there a character count feature in Excel?
Perfect. Thanks...
"bpeltzer" wrote: =LEN(A1) will count the characters in that cell. "Bob S" wrote: I am trying to figure out if there is a way to count characters in an individual cell. My requirement limit is 25 characters but I am starting with cell data that is much more than that. I have to reduce the count while maintaining the intelligence of the cell information. I must do this literally hundreds of times. It would make life much easier to have a running count visible rather than to count each character in each cell every time. |
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