or simplify:
Public Function fnCountHowManyLongLines(ByVal rng As Range) As Long Dim arr As Variant Dim i As Long Dim cnt As Long arr = rng For i = 1 To UBound(arr, 1) cnt = cnt + Abs(Len(arr(i, 1) & arr(i, 2) & "") > 256) Next fnCountHowManyLongLines = cnt End Function