Are you able to give a letter a number value

[Guest]

I am trying to give letters a number value so when sum a row or colume it
will reflect a number value even though there are letters..

Ex: X=5
A1 = X
A2 = X
A3 = SUM(A1:A2) A3 would reflect 10

 

[Bob Phillips]

maybe something along the lines of

=SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1:A10,{"X","A","B"},0)),LOOKUP(A1:A10,{"A","B","X";5
,10,15})))

which is an array formula, it should be committed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not
just Enter.

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Bob Phillips

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[David Biddulph]

I am trying to give letters a number value so when sum a row or colume it
will reflect a number value even though there are letters..

Ex: X=5
A1 = X
A2 = X
A3 = SUM(A1:A2) A3 would reflect 10

Put your 5 in a convenient cell (D1, for example), and having selected that
cell use Insert/ Name/ Define, and call it X.
Then in A1 and A2 you can put =X as you suggest.