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Ignore Text in Cells Referenced in a formula
I have a formula that sums the the products of two columns, A & B. Sometimes
I need to put a word in these cells instead of numbers and it renders the sum invalid. Is there a way to get the formula to ignore it when there is text in the cells? Thanks!!! Steve |
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Ignore Text in Cells Referenced in a formula
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Post your formula. SUM should ignore text cells in a range. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:37:02 -0700, Steve wrote: I have a formula that sums the the products of two columns, A & B. Sometimes I need to put a word in these cells instead of numbers and it renders the sum invalid. Is there a way to get the formula to ignore it when there is text in the cells? Thanks!!! Steve |
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Ignore Text in Cells Referenced in a formula
=((N29*P29)+(N30*P30)+(N31*P31)+(N32*P32)+(N33*P33 )+(N34*P34)+(N35*P35)+(N36*P36))/9
There is no range and I think I am SOL on this one unless you all can work that juju you all do so well.... Thanks. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Steve Post your formula. SUM should ignore text cells in a range. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:37:02 -0700, Steve wrote: I have a formula that sums the the products of two columns, A & B. Sometimes I need to put a word in these cells instead of numbers and it renders the sum invalid. Is there a way to get the formula to ignore it when there is text in the cells? Thanks!!! Steve |
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Ignore Text in Cells Referenced in a formula
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=SUMPRODUCT(N30:N36,P30:P36)/9 Gord On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:18:02 -0700, Steve wrote: =((N29*P29)+(N30*P30)+(N31*P31)+(N32*P32)+(N33*P3 3)+(N34*P34)+(N35*P35)+(N36*P36))/9 There is no range and I think I am SOL on this one unless you all can work that juju you all do so well.... Thanks. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Steve Post your formula. SUM should ignore text cells in a range. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:37:02 -0700, Steve wrote: I have a formula that sums the the products of two columns, A & B. Sometimes I need to put a word in these cells instead of numbers and it renders the sum invalid. Is there a way to get the formula to ignore it when there is text in the cells? Thanks!!! Steve Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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Ignore Text in Cells Referenced in a formula
I forgot completely about SUMPRODUCT!!! I'm an IDIOT!!
Thanks again, Gord!! "Gord Dibben" wrote: Steve =SUMPRODUCT(N30:N36,P30:P36)/9 Gord On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:18:02 -0700, Steve wrote: =((N29*P29)+(N30*P30)+(N31*P31)+(N32*P32)+(N33*P3 3)+(N34*P34)+(N35*P35)+(N36*P36))/9 There is no range and I think I am SOL on this one unless you all can work that juju you all do so well.... Thanks. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Steve Post your formula. SUM should ignore text cells in a range. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:37:02 -0700, Steve wrote: I have a formula that sums the the products of two columns, A & B. Sometimes I need to put a word in these cells instead of numbers and it renders the sum invalid. Is there a way to get the formula to ignore it when there is text in the cells? Thanks!!! Steve Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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