# Minimum Character **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [July 9, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/minimum-character/12196 "2020-07-09T03:03:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BenzYaputra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benzyaputra/32/10387_2.png) [@BenzYaputra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BenzYaputra)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/minimum-character/12196/1 "2020-07-09T03:03:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Minimum character limit](https://community.glideapps.com/t/minimum-character-limit/12193/4): Alright… do you have any idea to solve the minimum character problem? ---
**Author:** ![RobertoMardini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robertomardini/32/7831_2.png) [@RobertoMardini](https://community.glideapps.com/u/RobertoMardini)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/minimum-character/12196/2 "2020-07-13T00:43:48Z")
I don’t know if this way works for your app but you can use the =LEN formula in your sheet, that formula extract in numbers the quantity of characters in a row, so if you have a name ROBERTO the formula will get number 7, so what you can do is create a row LEN to get the quantity of characters, another row for limit the characters with the maximum number you want MAX LEN, and the NAME row, so in glide do if LEN is \> bigger than MAX LEN, then hide buttons or show a warning text… thats my poor solution, I hope Glide guys upgrade that, specially in a form component. ---
**Author:** ![BenzYaputra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benzyaputra/32/10387_2.png) [@BenzYaputra](https://community.glideapps.com/u/BenzYaputra)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/minimum-character/12196/3 "2020-07-13T03:36:12Z")
I think I can try ur method, Awesome Solution Roberto! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/minimum-character/12196/4 "2020-07-13T04:35:00Z")
Mind you that it will require you to bring back the value to the sheet first before validation, just in case you want them in a form. ---
**Author:** ![Brandon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/brandon/32/58098_2.png) [@Brandon](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Brandon)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/minimum-character/12196/5 "2023-08-04T15:14:51Z")
Hello, you do not need character limits you can use the following function. Replace the numbers with the characters you want to show. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/8/3/83cf54fed2dd86ca8d00d1e91f6b3e98695a87b0.png) ^(.{50,50}[^]\*) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/minimum-character/12196/6 "2023-08-05T02:07:39Z")
This is a very old thread. You can do the limit natively in a text entry now. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/e/fea1970b72e34667e6f8ac6e76aa34dc80ae2706.png) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/minimum-character/12196/7 "2023-08-05T02:07:42Z")