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How to count number of lines (line breaks) in a cell in Excel?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2022-02-09

This article is talking about counting number of lines within a cell in Excel.

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Count number of lines in a cell with formulas

The following formulas can help you to count number of lines in a cell.

1. Select a blank cell, enter the below formula into it, and then press the Enter key.

=LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,CHAR(10),""))+1

Note: In the formula, A2 is the cell you need to count a number of lines.

2. Keep selecting the resulting cell, then drag the Fill Handle down to get all line numbers of cells as below screenshot shown.

Notes:

1. For a blank cell, you will get number 1 after applying the above formula.
2. This formula =LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,CHAR(10),""))+(LEN(A2)>1) can also help you to count a number of lines in a cell but get the result of 0 for a blank cell.

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