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Default SUM of alphanumeric cells

Slightly adjusted formula (still array formula):
=SUM(IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",A1:A6)),0,LEFT(A1:A6,FIND(" ",A1:A6)-1)*1))&"
Hours"

On Mar 30, 10:06*am, Why Tea wrote:
Thanks AB. It works!Don't really know how it works though :)

One more question, is it possible to have hours in the sum
as well? That is, "142 hours".



On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:47:48 PM UTC+11, AB wrote:
Can try this array* formula:
=SUM(IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",A1:A6)),0,LEFT(A1:A6,FIND(" ",A1:A6)-1)*1))
*- array formula must be netered not with 'enter' but with Ctrl+Shift
+Enter. It'll end up with {} around it - those may not be typed.
The formula, howver, asumes that the data structure is:
- number
- space
- something else
The formula would total up all the numbers before the first space it
finds in the text.


On Mar 30, 8:22*am, Why Tea wrote:
How to use SUM to sum the following cells A1:A6?


10 hours
1 hour
3 hours


123 hours
5 hours


Note, row 4 (A4) is blank.


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