=sum(a1:a10)
or
=sum(a:a)

will ignore text entries in the specified range.

On 01/30/2011 17:05, Lane Smith wrote:
In columnA I have a mixture of numbers and and text in cells, I would
just like to sum the numbers in the column and place the value in
another cell

ColumnA
1
2
3
4
r
t
y
6
7
8
9

Get sum of the numbers

Thanks to all.

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Dave Peterson