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Count line breaks in cell

First, the LEN function counts total characters in the cell B5.

Next SUBSTITUTE removes all "line returns" from the text in B5 by looking for CHAR(10) which is the character code for the return character in Windows. LEN returns the result inside of a second LEN, which counts characters...Read more

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PIVOTBY Function

The PIVOTBY function is designed to summarize data by grouping rows and columns. The result is a dynamic summary table created with a single formula. The result from the PIVOTBY function is similar to the output from a Pivot Table, but without formatting. The table returned by the PIVOTBY...Read more

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