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There is no limit to the number of characters that can be entered into a cell in Microsoft Excel. However, there is a limit to the amount of data that can be stored in a cell. This limit is 32,767 characters. If you try to enter more than 32,767 characters into a cell, you will receive an error message.

Note: The length that you set here indicates the maximum number of characters that you want to store. The MySQL's VARCHAR type is declared with a length that indicates the maximum number of characters you want to store. For example, VARCHARCHAR(30) can hold up to 30 characters.

Here's how: Select the cell or range of cells that you want to limit. Click on the "Data" tab in the ribbon, then click on "Data Validation". In the "Settings" tab, select "Text Length" from the "Allow" dropdown menu. Enter the maximum number of characters that you want to allow in the "Maximum" field.

The formula is "=DIRECTION(Cell Name, Number of characters to display)" without the quotation marks. For example: =LEFT(A3, 6) displays the first six characters in cell A3. If the text in A3 says "Cats are better", the truncated text will read "Cats a" in your selected cell.

About the Eighty Column Rule The sacred 80 column rule that states ?Thou shalt not cross 80 columns in thy file? originated from IBM 80 column punch cards, was reinforced by early terminal and printout restrictions, and is still common in coding standards today, including the Linux kernel standard.

Remove character from multiple cells using Find and Replace Select a range of cells where you want to remove a specific character. Press Ctrl + H to open the Find and Replace dialog. In the Find what box, type the character. Leave the Replace with box empty. Click Replace all.

Exactly, that's why we should keep it at 80. Centuries of topographic research has found that humans are good at reading lines spanning 45-75 characters, where 66 is a comfortable sweet spot. So keeping it at 80 will ensure we stay within those bounds to keep readability. Code is also text to be read.