# LEN

## Content

This function returns the length of, the number of characters in, a text string.

## Syntax

`LEN(value)`

## Arguments

[Required] The argument is the text whose length you want to find. Spaces count as characters. The argument must be a string or a cell reference to a string value.

## Examples

`LEFT(A2,LEN(A2)-1)`
`LEN(""FarPoint Technologies, NC"")` gives the result 25