Count # of values in a Multi-Select Cell

I have a multi-select column in my sheet, and I'm trying to count how many items are actually selected in each cell. Is there a way to do that? I've seen a post that suggested creating a "helper column", but can't figure out the formula that would actually do the count.

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L_123

Depending on how many values you have in the dropdown you can use stacked countifs. It seems they have a space between each value so if you were to count individually that would have to be used.

Paul Newcome

This has been a popular request. The delimiter used is a line break which is CHAR(10). Using that knowledge, we can count how many characters are in the cell, then remove the delimiter and count again. Subtracting the first number from the second number then adding 1 will give you the count.

Smartsheet currently has a more direct solution in the works, but here's the formula for the above.

=LEN([Multi-Select Column]@row) - LEN(SUBSTITUTE([Multi-Select Column]@row, CHAR(10), "")) + 1

Paul Newcome

Can't edit the above, so...

*Subtract the second number from the first.

Andrée Starå

I've noticed that it seems to be a timing issue.

If you wait for a while you can edit.

Paul Newcome

Thanks. I'll have to keep that in mind.

MCorbin

Thank you so much!!! That worked!

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