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» Count the number of words in a cell in Microsoft Excel




Enter the following text in cell A1: Are you going to Disneyland?

Use the following function:
=IF(LEN(A1)=0,0,LEN(TRIM(A1))-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A1)," ",""))+1)

The result: 5
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Enter remarks for class
Patrick Ho wrote on December 31, 1969 18:00 EST
Great help in writing remarks for class that has requirement of words limit in the report book.
Thanks
Big Mac wrote on December 31, 1969 18:00 EST
BEST FORMULA EVER!!!

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Count Number of Specific Word
faxy wrote on December 31, 1969 18:00 EST
How can I find: how many disneyland word contains one specific cell?

For example A1 cell : disneyland disneyland
Answer: 2

Tnx



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