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Alan
 
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Default adding cells after stripping numbers out of text fields

I have a time sheet where I want to add the last 3 characters in each of
the cells (numbers) to get a grand total for the row.
Here's a sample:


WED THUR FRI SAT SUN TOTAL


N3 - 7.5 N3 - 7.5 N3 - 7.5 N3 - 7.5


If I treat the 5 columns as A to E, the total in cell F2 might be the
formula =value(right(A2,3))+value(right(B2,3))+value(right (C2,3))+value
(right(D2,3))+value(right(E2,3))

The problem is that the cell B2 (THUR) is blank so Excel interprets this as
an error. Can anyone offer me a formula that will work if it is blank? I
also will have a total of 14 cells to add (2 weeks) - this is just a
sample. It will also not do to place 0's in the empty cells, it's too ugly.

TIA!

Alan