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When you need to count the characters in cells, use the LEN function. The function counts letters, numbers, characters, and all spaces. For example, the length of "It's 98 degrees today, so I'll go swimming" (excluding the quotes) is 42 characters—31 letters, 2 numbers, 8 spaces, a comma, and 2 apostrophes.
To use the function, enter =LEN(cell) in the formula bar and press Enter. In these examples, cell is the cell you want to count, such as B1.
To count the characters in more than one cell, enter the formula, and then copy and paste the formula to other cells.
To count a total number of characters in several cells, use the SUM functions along with LEN. For example, =SUM((LEN(cell1),LEN(cell2),(LEN(cell3)))). In this example, the LEN function counts the characters in each cell and the SUM function adds the counts.
To count certain, specific characters within cells, use the LEN function with the SUBSTITUTE function. For example, if you wanted to know how many lower case Zs were within a cell you'd use this formula: =LEN(cell1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(cell1,"z",""))
Give it a try
Type the following data into a new Excel worksheet. Start in cell A1.
The formula counts of the characters in cell A2, and that number is 19, including all spaces. If you have spaces after the final period, the formula also counts them.
In the empty cell, you can input the formula to count cells with text. The Excel formula for this function is "=COUNTIF (range, criteria)" without quotation marks. In this formula, the range is the cells you want to include in your count and the criteria is text.
That is, use the formula =(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2, "r","")))/LEN("r") and click enter. Empty cell > Formula > Enter. =(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A2),UPPER("remove"),"")))/LEN("remove"). This is how you can count the number of times a character or word appears in a cell in Excel.
Counts the number of cells containing any text in cells A2 through A5. The asterisk (*) is used as the wildcard character to match any character. The result is 4.
If you want to count logical values, text, or error values, use the COUNTA function. If you want to count only numbers that meet certain criteria, use the COUNTIF function or the COUNTIFS function.
You can just enter the formula in the =COUNTIF(A3:A12,”two”) to count the occurrences of the word “two” in the given range of cells A3 to A12. Wildcards can be used to count cells with a specific text value.
For example, if you want to count the number of cells in the range A1:A10 that contain the text "apple", you would enter the formula "=COUNTIF(A1:A10, "apple")" into a cell.
The total number of characters that a cell can contain is 32,767. A cell can only display 1,024 characters. At the same time, the Formula bar can show all 32,767 symbols.
Use the COUNT function to get the number of entries in a number field that is in a range or array of numbers. For example, you can enter the following formula to count the numbers in the range A1:A20: =COUNT(A1:A20). In this example, if five of the cells in the range contain numbers, the result is 5.
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