I wanted to create a formula field that calculates the number of words (or characters) in a long text area, but I see that Salesforce does not have this capability. But I hear that apex can accomplish this? Sadly, I am not good with apex code, but I'm wondering if someone has any ideas on how to draft this code? Here are the specifics I am working with:

• Calculate number of words (or characters) of field Testimony__c on Custom Object TargetX_SRMb__Essay__c and display results in field Testimony_Word_Count__c (also on Custom Object TargetX_SRMb__Essay__c).

So - I always get this error in VSCode - whenever I try to do of the SFDX commands...

Unexpected file found in package directory: /.../Icon

I've been using VSCode for several months now, and I've always got around this error by just going into every folder in the project and deleting the file "Icon".  But I'd like to find the root cause and fix it.

Anytime I build a new project - it will be a file canned "Icon" in every folder of the project.  Deleting the file takes care of the error - but now that I'm using more scratch org's and building more projects - it's becoming quite a bother.

Thoughts?