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Google Sheets' LEN Function Simplifies Text Length Calculation

Say goodbye to manual text length calculations. Google Sheets' LEN function makes it a breeze to count characters, while its combination with SUBSTITUTE helps tally specific character occurrences.

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Google Sheets' LEN Function Simplifies Text Length Calculation

Google Docs users can now easily calculate the length of text and count specific character occurrences with the LEN function and its combinations. To use LEN, select the result cell, identify the text range, and insert the formula =LEN(text). Apply it to other rows as needed. The LEN function syntax is: =LEN(text), where 'text' is the cell reference or string. It returns the total character count, including spaces, numbers, and special symbols. For specific character counts, combine LEN and SUBSTITUTE. LEN calculates the original length, while SUBSTITUTE removes the target character, revealing the count. Despite an online search, the author's name of the Google Sheets Guide article series remains unknown. Google Sheets' LEN function simplifies text length calculation and, when combined with SUBSTITUTE, enables specific character occurrence counting. Despite the author's name remaining unknown, these functions enhance Google Sheets' versatility.

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