Within the LEN function, what is placed inside the parentheses?

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Within the LEN function, what is placed inside the parentheses?

Explanation:
Inside the LEN function’s parentheses goes the text you want to measure—the data argument. This can be a text string like "Hello" or a reference to a cell that contains text, such as A1. A single LEN call expects one text value, so passing a range (multiple cells) isn’t appropriate for one result; if you need lengths for multiple items, apply LEN to each item separately. For example, LEN("data") yields 4, and LEN(A1) returns the number of characters in the content of cell A1.

Inside the LEN function’s parentheses goes the text you want to measure—the data argument. This can be a text string like "Hello" or a reference to a cell that contains text, such as A1. A single LEN call expects one text value, so passing a range (multiple cells) isn’t appropriate for one result; if you need lengths for multiple items, apply LEN to each item separately. For example, LEN("data") yields 4, and LEN(A1) returns the number of characters in the content of cell A1.

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