when i try to add up the row, i get 0.

The SUM function will ignore the formula blanks. If you have numbers in the
range and are still getting a result of 0 then that means the numbers are
TEXT numbers, not numeric numbers.

If your formula is returning a result from AE3 then AE3 is a TEXT number.
So, you need to fix the source of the problem, AE3.

Is AE3 the result of a formula or is it a manually entered value?

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"cc" wrote in message
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There are numbers in a range of cells that i need to add up but within the
range are "blanks" that are actually formulas like this
=IF(OR($BX3=BA$2,$BY3=BA$2,$BZ3=BA$2,$CA3=BA$2,$CB 3=BA$2,$CC3=BA$2),$AE3,"")
that were returned as blanks.
when i try to add up the row, i get 0. how can i ignore the "blanks" and
just add the values?