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    checking number of characters in a cell macro

    hey guys

    i have a problem counting the number of characters in each cell in column "A" in a sheet and checking if number of characters in a cell exceeds 5 characters.

    thanks in advance
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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

    Hello mehdoush,

    Do you need a VBA solution for this? You can get the length of cell using the =LEN(A1) formula. This formula could be placed in another cell to perform the check.
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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

    Since this is the programming forum I hope this is the answer you're looking for:
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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

    thank you guys
    but in the code "selection" it should be replaced with the range which is column "A"

    how can i modify this ?

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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

    Hello mehdoush,

    Can you provide a sample of this code? You still didn't answer the question of whether you need a VBA solution or not.

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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

    thnks Leith for ur interest

    yes i do need vba

    here's a sample of code :

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    here i need "selection" to be defined (cells in range A:A), you see

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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

    any help plz

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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

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    Last edited by JBeaucaire; 04-08-2014 at 02:22 PM. Reason: Added a "reset" line of code in red so the macro can be run in succession and still work.
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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

    awesome shg

    regards

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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

    how to change back the highlighted cell to no color after correct it?

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    Re: checking number of characters in a cell macro

    Be careful, Mohonnah, it's against forum rules to post questions of your own in other people's threads, it is referred to as hijacking in the Forum Rules.

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    AS this question is very relevant to the reusability of the macro solution provided, I have added a line of code in red to SHG's original code above. This will reset all the coloring prior to highlighting the ones that are too long.

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