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Asked: 2026-06-06T02:10:56+00:00

I have a range, containing numeric values & blank cells. Some of the numeric

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I have a range, containing numeric values & blank cells. Some of the numeric values will have * as suffix.

10* 5 7  9  25* 10

When I do a SUM(A1:A8), I get result of 5+7+9+10 = 31, the required output.
Now, I also require the total sum irrespective of * suffix. I’m trying to solve by using

SUMPRODUCT(SUBSTITUTE(A1:A8,"*",""))

It works out to

SUMPRODUCT({"10","5","7","","9","","25","10"})

And outputs 0 since all are text values. When I use 

SUMPRODUCT(value(SUBSTITUTE(A1:A8,"*","")))

It works out to 

SUMPRODUCT({10,5,7,#VALUE!,9,#VALUE!,25,10})

and finally outputs #Value!. Can someone help me to solve this? Thanks for your time.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I assume that the blanks are the problem because when you use =VALUE(“”) you get an error. Try concatenating a zero to the start of SUBSTITUTE so that blanks become zeroes

    =SUMPRODUCT(VALUE(0&SUBSTITUTE(A1:A8,"*","")))

    or you can use +0 in place of VALUE, i.e.

    =SUMPRODUCT((0&SUBSTITUTE(A1:A8,"*",""))+0)

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