D Dave Peterson Aug 13, 2008 #4 If the words are separated by spaces: =LEN(TRIM(A1))-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A1)," ",""))+(TRIM(A1)<>"")
J John C Aug 13, 2008 #5 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)
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)