how do I calculate number of characters that will fit in a cell

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Larry

I have a spreadsheet that will be printed onto a preprinted form. I need to
calculate the value in a cell and then pad that cell with repeating hyphens
to fille out the remainder.

How can I determine how many hyphens I need to generate?
 
How about using a custom format:
General*-;-General*-;0*-;@*-

You can use your favorite numberformats in that string.

It's
Positive;negative;zero;text

the * tells excel to fill out the cell with the next character.
 

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