<div class="raw-html-embed"><p>The <b>LEN/LENB</b> function is one of the <a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#textdata" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">text and data functions</a>. Is used to analyse the specified string and return the number of characters it contains. The <b>LEN</b> function is intended for languages that use the single-byte character set (SBCS), while <b>LENB</b> - for languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS) like Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc.</p>

<h5 class="pt8">Syntax</h5>
<p><b><em>LEN(text)</em></b></p>
<p><b><em>LENB(text)</em></b></p>
<p>The <b>LEN/LENB</b> function has the following argument:</p>
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			<th style="background-color: #f4f4f4" width="150ch"><b>Argument</b></th>
			<th style="background-color: #f4f4f4"><b>Description</b></th>
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			<td><b><em>text</em></b></td>
			<td>The text whose length you want to find.</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<h5 class="pt8">Notes</h5>
<p><a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#howtoapplyfunctions_block" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">How to apply</a> the <b>LEN/LENB</b> function.</p>

<h5 class="pt8">Examples</h5>
<p>The figure below displays the result returned by the <b>LEN</b> function.</p>
<p><img alt="LEN/LENB Function" src="https://static-helpcenter.teamlab.info/len_aa32ab6224.png"></p></div>

LEN/LENB Function

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LEN/LENB Function

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