# Character Count (Text)

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/character-count-text/74955
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [July 17, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/character-count-text/74955 "2024-07-17T05:27:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Ben\_Young](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ben_young/32/73697_2.png) [@Ben\_Young](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ben_Young)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/character-count-text/74955/1 "2024-07-17T05:27:08Z")

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Hey All…I know this was mentioned a while back but I want to see if anyone has any better ways…how would I be able to count the number of characters in a another cell? It needs to be a column (or group of) because it will perform conditional actions. Thanks!

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### Author: ![Sekayi\_Liburd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/sekayi_liburd/32/77608_2.png) [@Sekayi\_Liburd](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sekayi_Liburd)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/character-count-text/74955/2 "2024-07-17T05:43:00Z")

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I use this in a JavaScript column

```auto
return p1.length;

```

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### Author: ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/character-count-text/74955/3 "2024-07-17T07:18:12Z")

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> **[Text Length column | Glide](https://www.glideapps.com/plugins/text-length)**
>
> Gets the length of a text snippet