Conditional Formatting linked to String Length

[WildWill]

Hello

Please assist me with the following: I have a cell with a string of numbers that should always be 13 characters in length. I want to setup the cell using Conditional Formatting so that for any instance where the number of characters (always numbers), is either less than 13 or more than 13, that cell will be highlighted in red. How do I do this in Excel 2007?

 

[G2K]

Try This :
Format - Cond. Formating - Formula is

=LEN($A$1)<> 13

Pattern - Choose Colour

* change cell value accordingly

 

[WildWill]

Thanks G2K!

 

[WildWill]

Try This :
Format - Cond. Formating - Formula is

=LEN($A$1)<> 13

Pattern - Choose Colour

* change cell value accordingly

One more feature that I need to add to the request: Can you change the solution so that it will only consider cells that are not empty? Right now, all my cells light up in red, event the empty ones. Thanks!

 

[G2K]

change the formula to -

=IF(OR(A1 ="",A1 =13),"",LEN(A1)<> 13)

* Change cell ref accordingly

 

[G2K]

Sorry, previous formula is incorrect.

Please use below formula :

=IF(A1 ="","",LEN(A1)<> 13)

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[dvahon]

I have a similar need. I need to know when the number of characters in a cell exceeds 30. I only need to know this for columns I-L. So I highlighted those columns... went to conditional formatting... in the formula portion put in =LEN($I:$L)>30 ... and in the formatting I chose to change the fill color to red.

Except it's not working... what am I doing wrong?

 

[barry houdini]

Usually you need to just enter the formula which applies to the top left cell in your range - that's I1 so formula should be just

=LEN(I1)>30

It adjusts automatically for the other cells in the range as long as you don't include $ signs

 

[dvahon]

That did it Thanks!!