Count Total Number of Characters in Column – Excel & Google Sheets
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This tutorial will demonstrate how to count the total number of characters in a column in Excel and Google Sheets.
SUMPRODUCT and LEN Functions
To count the total number of characters in a column we can use the SUMPRODUCT and LEN Functions.
=SUMPRODUCT(LEN(B3:B5))
LEN Function
First, we can use the LEN function can be used to give us the length of the text in the cell range selected.
=LEN(B3:B3)
SUMPRODUCT Function
Next, we can use the SUMPRODUCT Function to show the number of characters in the column as a total.
=SUMPRODUCT(LEN(B3:B5))
Count Total Number of Characters in Column in Google Sheets
The example above works the same way in google sheets.
