EXCEL: wordcount within cell

D

Dave Peterson

If the words are separated by spaces:
=LEN(TRIM(A1))-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A1)," ",""))+(TRIM(A1)<>"")
 
J

John C

And if I have 2 words in the cell?

Borrowing from Mike's solutions:
=IF(A1="",0,LEN(TRIM(A1))-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A1)," ",""))+1)
 
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