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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.
Microsoft Excel has a special function to conditionally count cells, the COUNTIF function. All you have to do is to supply the target text string in the criteria argument. Note. The Excel COUNTIF function is case-insensitive, meaning it does not differentiate letter case.
The easiest way to detect duplicates in Excel is using the COUNTIF function. Depending on whether you want to find duplicate values with or without first occurrences, there's going to be a slight variation in the formula as shown in the following examples.
The LEN formula in Excel returns the number of characters in a given cell. For example, if cell A1 contains the text "Hello World", the formula "=LEN(A1)" would return "11", as there are 11 characters in the text "Hello World".
Select a blank cell to store the counting result, write the formula =COUNTIF(A1:A16,"*Anne*") into it, and press the Enter key (A1:A16 is the range to count cells, and Anne is the partial string). Note: You can use the formula =COUNTIFS(A1:A16,"*Anne*",A1:A16,"*Green*") to count cells that include both substrings.
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