Thanks both of u for the solution :-) I have different cells in my sheet which are to be added which includes both text and number. I am not able generate result with these formulas. Once again help needed.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Haseeb Avarakkan <
haseeb.avarak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Sam;
>
> A nice solution with Validation.
>
> Hello Mahreen;
>
> If you use "3", "2", "1" (number inside "") this will return the number as
> text. When you do calculation excel is considering these as text. Use it
> without "" or you can simplify the formula to;
>
> =IFERROR(LOOKUP($E$2,{-9E+300,3;3,1;4,0;5,-3}),0)
>
> and use it as Sam shows.
>
> Another way is to ignore all error values when summing;
>
> =SUMIF(A:A,"<9E300")
>
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> HTH
> Haseeb
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