how do i represent numbers with letters

[Guest]

basically what i'm trying to do is this. i am using a spread sheet where the
only things i put in the cells is "x" or "/", x will equal 100 and / will
equal 50. what i want to do is on the last cell is make it where it will add
the numbers by the x's and /'s and then give me the total in number format.

 

[Harald Staff]

=COUNTIF(A1:B500,"x")*100+COUNTIF(A1:B500,"/")*50

HTH. Best wishes Harald

basically what i'm trying to do is this. i am using a spread sheet where the
only things i put in the cells is "x" or "/", x will equal 100 and / will
equal 50. what i want to do is on the last cell is make it where it will add
the numbers by the x's and /'s and then give me the total in number

format.

 

[Lee]

If your data range is A1:A5 then:

=(COUNTIF(A1:A5,"/")*50)+(COUNTIF(A1:A5,"x")*100)

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Or in one fell swoop

=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(A1:B500,{"x","/"}),{100,50})


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

 

[Harald Staff]

Hey, this is the "newusers" newsgroup <bg>

Best wishes Harald