I am betting someone will come up with somthing easier, but I came up with
this formula with 4 sets of data for a total of 7 (see the data below):

=SUM(IF(B5="",0,A5),IF(B6="",0,A6),IF(B7="",0,A7), IF(B8="",0,A8))

extend it out for as many as you need.

Col A Col B
1 John
2 Katie
3
4 Kieth
7






"berniewind" wrote:

Here is what I want to do. I have numbers in column A and I have text and
blanks in column B. I want to know the sum of the numbers in column A that
have text in coumn B.