Explanation
LEN function is used to discover the LENGTH of a cell – It allows us to know the number of characters in a certain cell.
Let’s see how it works:
Mary – 4 characters
had – 3 characters
a – 1 character
little – 6 characters
lamb – 4 characters
Total – 18
So how did we get 22 characters?
It is important to note that the SPACE character is considered a character, just like any other letter or digit in Excel. Therefore it is also counted in the total number of characters.
We have 5 words, which means we have 4 SPACE characters which should be added to our calculation!
18 characters + 4 spaces = 22 characters! 🙂
Syntax
The syntax of the LEN function is as follows:
=LEN(text)
text – We can either type a string or reference a cell containing a string.
We can type:
=LEN(“Hello”)
Or just reference a cell containing the word “Hello”, let’s assume it’s in cell A1:
=LEN(A1)
In both cases, the result will be 5.
Practice LEN function
So, now it’s time to see how this function works: