Count consecutive runs of numbers in a row.

Daymo66

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Hi all,
Sorry for such a newb question....
Long time lurker first time poster.

I have a row that contains either C,L,F or a blank cell.
I would like to count the maximum number of letters that appear in a sequence before a blank cell.
e.g.
FCCCFL_FF_LLLCFFFL_ = 8

Appreciate this is very simple, but Id really be most grateful for the help.
KR
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Hi & welcome to MrExcel.
How about
Excel Formula:
=LET(data,A2:A100,s,SEQUENCE(ROWS(data)),MAX(FREQUENCY(IF(data<>"",s),IF(data="",s))))
 
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Thanks for this Fluff.
Ive popped it in and changed A2:A100 to the desired rows (U6:BD6) and its giving me 36, the answer I've counted manually is 7

That's the highest number of of cells in a row containing a C, F or L before there is an empty cell.

What should I adjust.

Really appreciated.
KR
D
 
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Missed it was for a row, so it should be
Excel Formula:
=LET(data,U6:BD6,s,SEQUENCE(,COLUMNS(data)),MAX(FREQUENCY(IF(data<>"",s),IF(data="",s))))
 
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Missed it was for a row, so it should be
Excel Formula:
=LET(data,U6:BD6,s,SEQUENCE(,COLUMNS(data)),MAX(FREQUENCY(IF(data<>"",s),IF(data="",s))))
Excellent, thanks for this. Its still giving me a total of 36, Ive obv missed something, do I need to put C, L, or F in the (data="",s)?
Thanks for your patience.
D
 
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Here is another formula that will work...
Excel Formula:
=MAX(LEN(TEXTSPLIT(TRIM(CONCAT(IF(U6:BD6=""," ",U6:BD6)))," ")))
 
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