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Old 05-12-2012, 01:53 AM
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That is pretty basic:
=MAX(LEN(B1),LEN(B2),LEN(A2))
returns the greatest string length and:
=IF(LEN(B1)=MAX(LEN(B1),LEN(B2),LEN(A2)),B1,"")&IF (LEN(B2)=MAX(LEN(B1),LEN(B2),LEN(A2)),B2,"")&IF(LE N(A2)=MAX(LEN(B1),LEN(B2),LEN(A2)),A2,"")
returns the longest string(s).
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