The LEN() function returns the number of characters in a text string.

Syntax:

=LEN(Text String)


Text String: The text string to return the number of characters of.

Example:

Lets say we want to receive the number of characters of the text string in cell A1:

The text string “Some Text” has 9 characters:

“S”, “o”, “m”, “e”, ” “, “T”, “e”, “x”, “t”

The number of characters can be obtained by writing the function below in cell B2:

=LEN(A1)


Result:

See also:

• Excel Functions and Formulas, Sample #1, Split String Based on Delimiter.
• Excel Functions and Formulas Tutorial / Sample, Text and String #2 (Advanced)

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