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what function do you use to return the length of a string in a cell???

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SomeString = length is 10 characters long.

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Default String length

Use the LEN function to return the length of a string value

=LEN(A1)

Returns the length of the string in cell A1
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"jxbeeman" wrote:

what function do you use to return the length of a string in a cell???

EX.

SomeString = length is 10 characters long.

Thanks, Josh

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