In this tutorial, you will learn how to sum cells with text and numbers in Excel.
Take the following screenshot as an example: I have a list of values that contains both numerical and textual strings, and I only want to total the numbers based on the same text. In general, you can’t sum the items in a list directly with a text string. Here, I’ll show you different formulas to handle this work.
Once ready, we’ll get started by utilizing real-world examples to show you how to sum cells with text and numbers in Excel.
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Sum Cells with Text and Numbers in Excel
Before we begin we will need a group of data to sum cells with text and numbers in Excel.
Step 1
First, you need to have a clean and tidy group of data to work with.
Step 2
In this example, we want to sum the total weight for all items. To do so, we can insert the following formula =SUM(SUBSTITUTE(B2:B8, “KG”, “”)+0).
Step 3
Once we are done, you will be able to sum cells with text and numbers in Excel.
