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    How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    Hi I have the following data:

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    Basically I want to be able to select the entire column for both sums. The first one only adds up numbers without text, and the second only adds numbers with text. Is this doable? Or do I need to do more data cleaning?

    Thanks!
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    Is it always just the letter "e"? Or is it always just one letter, any letter? Or could there be combinations of several letters?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TMS View Post
    Is it always just the letter "e"? Or is it always just one letter, any letter? Or could there be combinations of several letters?
    Could be any letter
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    Any single letter?
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    yups it has to be a single letter, but i guess to make it easy (not really fussed with number of letters), as long as we can add the ones with letters and without i am happy.
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    Maybe?

    =SUM(IF(ISTEXT(B1:B6),--RIGHT(B1:B6,LEN(B1:B6)-1)))

    Enter with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    It comes up with a #value error
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    Did you enter it as an array formula? CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER, and not just ENTER?

    Actually, you'll need this:

    =SUM(B1:B6)+SUM(IF(ISTEXT(B1:B6),--RIGHT(B1:B6,LEN(B1:B6)-1)))
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    Thanks a bunch for some reason it only works when the text is before the numberr i.e. i6 but does not work if it is 6i. Really weird, but thank you I have got this working now!
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    That's because your sample data indicated a character on the left so the number part is taken from the right hand side ...
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    D'oh. I'm an idiot
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    Re: How to add numbers with text (i.e. units) mixed with numbers without text?

    If that takes care of your original question, please select Thread Tools from the menu link above and mark this thread as SOLVED. Thanks.
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