Sometimes it may be handy for you to count how many characters are in a specific cell within Excel. I was asked this question last night and can confirm that it’s very easy to do. Basically you’ll want to enter a short operator into the cell you wish the counted figure to go into and reference the cell you wish to count.
They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and will certainly make this a lot clearer. Have a look at the screenshot I took below!