=SUMPRODUCT(--(SUBSTITUTE(D16:D19,"-","")))

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"mikeburg" wrote in
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Need formula in cell D20 to sum total numbers with dashes in them. For
example:

In cells D7 thru D16
D16 | 450-33-6320
D17 | 83-0381086
D18 | 459-15-6027
D19 | 75-2708781

In cell D20 | 2,492,582,214 Control total

Thanks a million, mikeburg


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