This array formula appears to work

=SUM(--SUBSTITUTE(B11:B3,"*",""))

commit it with Ctrl-Shift-Enter


"Be18" wrote:

Please could you tell me if it is possible to insert a symbol or a letter
after a number in the same cell and still use the number in that cell in a
sum? For example i want to put 11.5* in B1, 11.5 in b2, 15 in b3 and add the
3 numbers togteher excluding the astreick in b4) Thank you