Fisher, 7+3=10, but maybe this will do what you want
=MID(A1,4,1)&MID(A1,5,1)

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"Fisher" wrote in message
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I got a problem! Let me show it as an example:

- We ave a coloumn with the number: 4567345

- my problem is, that I want to sum the 4th (7) and 5th (3) digits. The
calculation is: 7 + 3 = 73. How do I that in excel?

Can anybody help?