Counting the number of characters in a string of text

Having the ability to automatically count the number of characters in a string of text can be very useful in several scenarios. This is especially important if the apps involved in action steps have character limitations. One example of this would be the character limitations for tweets on Twitter. You can use the Formatter by Zapier Text action event with the Length transform function to check the character length in a string of text before passing the text to other action steps. Microsoft Excel users will recognize the similarity of this Zapier functionality to the LEN formula in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to count the number of characters in a string of text.

Here are a few examples of when you can use this transform option:

• You might reshare content on various social media channels; however, a piece of content might be too long to share on platforms such as Twitter. You could use the Length transform function to...