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Maximum character count in a column

SteveL13
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Is there a way to get the MAXIMUM character count of any cell in a column?  In other words if the worksheet looked like this...  The result would be:

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strivoli

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Create a Column on the right of each one with length(cell), last cell is max(cells).
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I don't understand.
strivoli

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I'll be back with an example in 10 minutes.
strivoli

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This is an example.
Lee W, MVPTechnology and Business Process Advisor
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Hopefully, you can extrapolate what the other cells should be:

Column D is the length of A, Column E is the length of B, Column F is the length of C.  "cell" represents the cell reference - a1, a2, b3, c2, etc)

Subodh Tiwari (Neeraj)Excel & VBA Expert
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Considering your sample data, you may try something like this...


In A4

=MAX(INDEX(LEN(A1:A3),))

and then copy it across.


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No need for a new column, just do something like this:

=MAX(LEN(A2:A4))

And then enter that as an array formula using SHIFT-CONTROL-ENTER.

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Here is a VBA solution. Click the gray button.
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