Sum cells with general format

[bsneils]

I have a group of cells in E2:E4 that are 144.00 in, 240.00 in, and 72.00 in and are formatted as general.

I get these values when I export data from an AutoCAD program to Excel and I want to sum these values to get the total length.

I want to sum the three values and have the result be the same (i.e., ###.## in). The number of values can go to 30, so I need a simple line of code, =SUM(???)

Any ideas would be great.

 

[SteveO59L]

=sum(e2:e4)

 

[bsneils]

That does not work. Trust me, i tried.

 

[SteveO59L]

Are you values numbers or text ?


Try isnumber(e2)

 

[shyrath]

Try something like this (note, replace semicolon ; to comma , if your locale is not Dutch )

Excel Workbook
	E	F
2	144,00 in	144,00
3	240,00 in	240,00
4	72,00 in	72,00
5		456 in
Sheet3

 

[VoG]

Try

=SUM(LEFT(A1:A3,FIND(" ",A1:A3)-1)+0)&" in"

which is an array formula that must be entered using CTRL + Shift + Enter, not just Enter.

If entered correctly the formula will be surrounded by {} in the formula bar.

 

[bsneils]

Still having trouble. this is my spreadsheet.

ITEM QTY PART NUMBER L
1 3 ibeam-1 144.00 in
2 2 ibeam-3 240.00 in
3 1 ibeam-2 72.00 in

 

[VoG]

This is what I get

<b>Sheet1</b><br /><br /><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff; padding-left:2pt; padding-right:2pt; "> <colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; " /><col style="width:64px;" /></colgroup><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; "><td > </td><td >A</td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >1</td><td >144.00 in</td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >2</td><td >240.00 in</td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >3</td><td >72.00 in</td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >4</td><td >456 in</td></tr></table><br /><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; border-style: groove ;border-color:#00ff00;background-color:#fffcf9; color:#000000; "><tr><td ><b>Spreadsheet Formulas</b></td></tr><tr><td ><table border = "1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt;"><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; font-size:10pt;"><td >Cell</td><td >Formula</td></tr><tr><td >A4</td><td >{=SUM(LEFT<span style=' color:008000; '>(A1:A3,FIND<span style=' color:#0000ff; '>(" ",A1:A3)</span>-1)</span>+0)&" in"}</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td ><span style=' font-family:Arial,Arial; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold;'>Formula Array:</span><span style=' font-family:Arial,Arial; font-size:9pt;'><br />Produce enclosing </span><span style=' font-family:Arial,Arial; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold;'>{ }</span><span style=' font-family:Arial,Arial; font-size:9pt;'> by entering<br />formula with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER!</span></td></tr></table> <br />Excel tables to the web - Excel Jeanie Html 4

 

[MickG]

Hi, If your Numbers include "In" then try this.
Right click sheet tab, Vb Window appears.
On VB Toolbar , Click "Insert", "Module", New window appears, Paste entire code into window.
Close VB Window.
Use Function as :- =oSum(Select/Input your range here)

Function oSum(rng As Range) As String
Dim Dn As Range, Tot As Single
    For Each Dn In rng
        Tot = Tot + Split(Dn.Value, Chr(32))(0)
    Next Dn
oSum = Tot & " In"
End Function

Regards Mick

 

[VoG]

Actually this is a better formula (confirmed with CTRL + Shift + Enter)

=TEXT(SUM(LEFT(A1:A3,FIND(" ",A1:A3)-1)+0),"0.00")&" in"