LEN, LEFT, RIGHT, MID Practice - Free Excel Practice Online

This free, interactive exercise teaches you LEN, LEFT, RIGHT, MID Practice in Excel through 10 hands-on steps. Instead of watching a video, you type the real formula into a live spreadsheet grid and get instant feedback on every answer. It is part of the Text Search Functions track and works right in your browser - no Excel install, no download, and no signup.

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What you'll practice in this LEN, LEFT, RIGHT, MID Practice lesson

1. The LEFT function returns a specified number of characters from the left end of a string of text. In cell G2 type in=LEFT(C4, 5)What is the resulting text?
2. The RIGHT function returns a specified number of characters from the right end of a string of text. In cell G2 try=RIGHT(C4, 3)What is the resulting text?
3. The LEN function returns the length of text in number of characters. Try the following formula: =LEN(A2)How many characters are in the word "Albany"?
4. The MID function returns text of a specified length from the middle of a larger string of text, starting at a specified position. The following formula starts on the second character of the text in C2 and returns 6 characters: =MID(C2, 2, 6) What is the resulting text?
5. What does =MID(A2, 2, 4) return?
6. What does =MID(E3, 1, 4) return?
7. What does =MID(C4, 4, 7) return?
8. What does =MID(B4, 4, 7) return?
9. What does =MID(D3, 2, 1) return?
10. What does =MID(B12, 3, 6) return?

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