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Is there a formula that will tell me how many character are in a
cell. For example


cell 1 Happy it will return 5
cell 2 Happy Birthday it will return 14

I need to include spaces in the count.

Thanks in advance for your help.
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=LEN(A1)


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Is there a formula that will tell me how many character are in a
cell. For example


cell 1 Happy it will return 5
cell 2 Happy Birthday it will return 14

I need to include spaces in the count.

Thanks in advance for your help.



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On Dec 18, 4:11 pm, wrote:
Is there a formula that will tell me how many character are in a
cell. For example

cell 1 Happy it will return 5
cell 2 Happy Birthday it will return 14

I need to include spaces in the count.

Thanks in advance for your help.


=LEN(A1) etc.
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On Dec 18, 4:15 pm, Dave F wrote:
On Dec 18, 4:11 pm, wrote:

Is there a formula that will tell me how many character are in a
cell. For example


cell 1 Happy it will return 5
cell 2 Happy Birthday it will return 14


I need to include spaces in the count.


Thanks in advance for your help.


=LEN(A1) etc.


Thanks it worked!
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