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Default how to check first 5 characters of a cell & then sum

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to check the first 5 characters of a cell for a
certain value and if it equals that value to sum the value of another
cell e.g.

Column A, B,
ght991xyz, 10
ght887fht, 100
ght991xyz, 50
ght887fht, 7

So in the example above I'd want to check all rows where column A
starts with ght991 and then sums the value of column B. So the result
of the above would be 60 (50+10).. Not that column A will always
contain digits after the first five, but only the first 5 will match.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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