Excel LEN function
Description
The LEN function returns the number of characters in a text string.
Syntax and arguments
Formula syntax
| LEN(text) |
Arguments
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Return Value
The LEN function returns the number of characters.
Remarks
1. Number formatting is not included to count. For example, A1 is date 4/26/2010, LEN(A1) returns 5, as the actual value in A1 is 40294 which just be formatted as date 4/26/2010.
2. The spaces are included to count.
Usage and Examples
Example 1 Count characters of a number
| String | Count | Formula | Description |
| 4534 | 4 | =LEN(C3) | Length of 4534 |
| 123.11 | 6 | =LEN(C4) | Length of 123.11 |
| 23.00 | 2 | =LEN(C5) | Length of 23(formatted as 23.00) |
| 19-Aug-13 | 4 | =LEN(C6) | Length of 4980(formatted as date) |
Example 2 Count characters of a text string
| String | Count | Formula | Description |
| Apple | 5 | =LEN(C7) | Length of Apple |
| Water Melon | 11 | =LEN(C8) | Length of Water Melon |
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Excel CONCAT Function
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