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Hi I'm working on a spreadsheet that has yachting elapsed times pasted into
it to work out Time Correction Factors but i need to ignore the DNCs that are
also pasted - is there a way to ignore text or automatically remove it?
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Hi reggie,

Try: =SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(A1:A100),A1:A100))
for results in A1:A100 as an array formula (ie input the formula the press Ctrl-Shift-Enter)

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Hi I'm working on a spreadsheet that has yachting elapsed times pasted into
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cheers

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Check your other post, too.

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Hi I'm working on a spreadsheet that has yachting elapsed times pasted into
it to work out Time Correction Factors but i need to ignore the DNCs that are
also pasted - is there a way to ignore text or automatically remove it?
cheers

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