Let $l^{\Phi}$ and $L^\Phi (\Omega)$ be the Orlicz sequence space and function space generated by $N$-function $\Phi(u)$ with Orlicz norm. We give equivalent expressions for the nonsquare constants $C_J (l^\Phi)$, $C_J \bigl( L^\Phi (\Omega) \bigr)$ in sense of James and $C_S (l^\Phi)$, $C_S \bigl( L^\Phi(\Omega) \bigr)$ in sense of Sch\"affer. We are devoted to get practical computational formulas giving estimates of these constants and to obtain their exact value in a class of spaces $l^{\Phi}$ and $L^\Phi (\Omega)$.