Google Doc & Spreadsheets's LENB() function which is present in Microsoft Excel. LENB() returns a number of bytes, while LENH() returns a width of the given text. These functions are useful when you check if your translation resources can be fit inside original screens.

LENB.js

// To add these functions to your Google Doc documents, 
// see https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/sheets/functions

/**
 * @fileOverview Google Doc Apps Script: LENB() / LENH() functions for Spreadsheet.
 * @author Hiroshi Yamamoto ([email protected])
 * @license <a href="http://www.wtfpl.net/">WTFPL version 2.0</a>
 * @version 0.2.0
 */

/**
 * Is the given character a byte length?
 * @param {string} {ch} a character to be examined.
 * @return {boolean} True if the given letter is a byte width.
 * @private
 */
function _isByteChar(ch) {
  return ch < 127;
}

/**
 * Is the given character a half-width one?
 * @param {string} {ch} a character to be examined.
 * @return {boolean} True if the given letter is a half-width.
 * @private
 */
function _isHalfChar(ch) {
  // NOTE: Japanese half-width characters are traditionally treated as 1-byte character.
  return _isByteChar(ch) ||
    // Half-width characters (sjis)
    (ch == 0xf8f0) || (ch >= 0xff61 && ch < 0xffa0) ||
    // Half-width characters (unicode)
    (ch >= 0xf8f1 && ch < 0xf8f4);
}

/**
 * Counts the given text.
 * @return {number} an integer value.
 * @private
 */
function _lengthOfText(text, predicate) {
  var lenb = text.length;
  for (var i = 0; i < text.length; i++)
    if (!predicate(text.charCodeAt(i))) lenb++;
  return lenb;
}

/**
 * Returns the number of bytes used to represent the characters in a text string.
 *
 * @param {string} text The text which length you want to find. Spaces count as characters.
 * @return {string} the number of bytes in a text.
 * @customfunction
 */
function LENB(text) {
  // @summary Returns the number of bytes in a text.
  return _lengthOfText(text, _isByteChar);
}

/**
 * Returns the width of a given text string. Each half-width character counts as 1, 
 * full-width character counts as 2.
 *
 * @param {string} text The text which length you want to find. Spaces count as characters.
 * @return {string} The text which length you want to find. Spaces count as characters.
 * @customfunction
 */
function LENH(text) {
  // @summary Returns the width of a text  (Counts as half-width letters).
  return _lengthOfText(text, _isHalfChar);
}

LICENSE.txt

  Google Doc Apps Script: LENB() / LENH() functions for Spreadsheet

      Copyright (C) 2014 Hiroshi Yamamoto <[email protected]>

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