Assuming you have days worked in column A with the odd "H" for holiday thrown
in.

=SUM(A1:A30)-COUNTIF(A1:A30,"H")


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:36:00 -0700, Dave wrote:

Hi, I know how to use auto sum feature using numbers,but I need it to pick up
a letter rather than numbers. Can this be done, as I need to use "H" for
holiday,but need this to be deducted off a spread sheet every time it is used.

Thanks