# LENB

## Content

This function returns the number of bytes used to represent the characters in a text string.

## Syntax

`LENB(text_value)`

## Arguments

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

## Remarks

The LENB function counts 2 bytes per character, but this happens only when a DBCS language is set as the default language.

## Examples

`LENB("rheabuto")` gives the result 8.
`LENB("rosy")` gives the result 4.