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Calculating number of letters in a string ...
Looking for a way to calculate the number of characters in a text string. I
can use the LEN function. e.g. If A1 contains "News Group", the number of characters is 9. Using the LEN(A1) formula would give me 10 (includes the space). How can I use this formula to omit the space? Thanks. Larry. |
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Try this:
=LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")) -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Larry Wallis" wrote in message ... Looking for a way to calculate the number of characters in a text string. I can use the LEN function. e.g. If A1 contains "News Group", the number of characters is 9. Using the LEN(A1) formula would give me 10 (includes the space). How can I use this formula to omit the space? Thanks. Larry. |
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suppose the Word "News Group" is in cell A1 use the following formula in B1:
=LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")) This will first substitute all spaces in the string with nothing and then return the length of the new string giving you the desired length....:) Hope this Helps Ο "Larry Wallis" έγραψε στο μήνυμα ... Looking for a way to calculate the number of characters in a text string. I can use the LEN function. e.g. If A1 contains "News Group", the number of characters is 9. Using the LEN(A1) formula would give me 10 (includes the space). How can I use this formula to omit the space? Thanks. Larry. |
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Thanx RD.
Larry. "Ragdyer" wrote in message ... Try this: =LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")) -- HTH, RD -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - "Larry Wallis" wrote in message ... Looking for a way to calculate the number of characters in a text string. I can use the LEN function. e.g. If A1 contains "News Group", the number of characters is 9. Using the LEN(A1) formula would give me 10 (includes the space). How can I use this formula to omit the space? Thanks. Larry. |
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And thanx to u too Geovas.
Larry. "Geovas" wrote in message ... suppose the Word "News Group" is in cell A1 use the following formula in B1: =LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")) This will first substitute all spaces in the string with nothing and then return the length of the new string giving you the desired length....:) Hope this Helps Ο "Larry Wallis" έγραψε στο μήνυμα ... Looking for a way to calculate the number of characters in a text string. I can use the LEN function. e.g. If A1 contains "News Group", the number of characters is 9. Using the LEN(A1) formula would give me 10 (includes the space). How can I use this formula to omit the space? Thanks. Larry. |
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