How do I count the number of words in a cell?

Hello,

I have to come up with a way to count the number of words in a cell (they
are actually names, separated by a space), so that I can find any cells that
have more than 3 names.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Phil.

Perhaps with something like this:

For a name in A1
B1: =LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))+1

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Phil" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have to come up with a way to count the number of words in a cell (they
> are actually names, separated by a space), so that I can find any cells that
> have more than 3 names.
>
> Thanks in advance for your replies.
>
> Phil.

You would need to count the spaces then, so any 3 and more names in a cell
would have at least 2 spaces

You could use a help column and a formula like

=LEN(TRIM(A2))-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A2)," ",""))>=2


copy down, apply autofilter and filter on TRUE will give all those cells

or use conditional formatting formula is and the high light those cells

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

http://nwexcelsolutions.com


"Phil" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have to come up with a way to count the number of words in a cell (they
> are actually names, separated by a space), so that I can find any cells
> that
> have more than 3 names.
>
> Thanks in advance for your replies.
>
> Phil.

Ron,

Thank you. That worked perfectly.

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

> Perhaps with something like this:
>
> For a name in A1
> B1: =LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))+1
>
> Does that help?
>
> ***********
> Regards,
> Ron
>
> XL2002, WinXP-Pro
>
>
> "Phil" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have to come up with a way to count the number of words in a cell (they
> > are actually names, separated by a space), so that I can find any cells that
> > have more than 3 names.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your replies.
> >
> > Phil.