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# Len

Returns the number of characters in a text value, including spaces.

**Category:** `text`

**Syntax:**

```
Len([text_column])
```

**Returns:** `IntColumn`

**Context Filtering:** ✓ Yes

## Parameters

| Name     | Type           | Required | Description                |
| -------- | -------------- | -------- | -------------------------- |
| `string` | `text\|column` | ✓ Yes    | The text value to measure. |

**Allowed Column Types:** STRING, TEXT

## Validation

* Minimum parameters: 1
* Maximum parameters: 1

## Examples

```
Len([Product Name])
```

Returns the character count of each product name.

## Related Functions

* [Left](left) - Extract a fixed number of characters from the start
* [Find](find) - Locate a substring inside a text value
* [Concat](concat) - Combine values before measuring them