Extracting numbers from a string and adding them up

Vector8086

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I saw an old post where with the below formula to extract numbers from a string containing alphanumeric values - something like "p2, e(3), 15ip"

This will return: 2315.

My question is, can this be modified to return the sum of these numbers, i.e. 20? And can A1 be a range of cells where all the resulting numbers are added up?

Code:
B1: =SUMPRODUCT(MID(0&A1,LARGE(INDEX(ISNUMBER(--MID(A1,ROW($1:$25),1))*
ROW($1:$25),0),ROW($1:$25))+1,1)*10^ROW($1:$25)/10)

Thanks in advance!
V
 
Your profile is showing you have XL365, XL2021 and XL2007... where did the XL2016 come from????
I'm just reading the product details on the computer I'm currently using. :)
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Use =SUM(January:December!E7) to sum E7 on all of the sheets from January through December
Try this in your copy of XL365...
Excel Formula:
=SUM(0+TEXTSPLIT(TRIM(CONCAT(IFERROR(0+MID(A1,SEQUENCE(LEN(A1)),1)," ")))," "))
This does the job in XL365. If it could take in a cell range, like A1:A2 or (A1,A3,A5) that would be awesome.
 
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This does the job in XL365. If it could take in a cell range, like A1:A2 or (A1,A3,A5) that would be awesome.
The following formula can do a contiguous range (such as A1:A5), but I it cannot (and I don't think it is possible) do a discontiguous range (like A1,A3,A5)
Excel Formula:
=MAP(A1:A5,LAMBDA(x,IF(x="","",SUM(0+TEXTSPLIT(TRIM(CONCAT(IFERROR(0+MID(x,SEQUENCE(LEN(x)),1)," ")))," ")))))
 
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Try this in your copy of XL365...
Excel Formula:
=SUM(0+TEXTSPLIT(TRIM(CONCAT(IFERROR(0+MID(A1,SEQUENCE(LEN(A1)),1)," ")))," "))

Sticking with XL365 I could use the TEXTJOIN function to expand this formula from a single cell to a list of ranges. I also added a dummy "0," to cover the case of a single blank cell.
Excel Formula:
=SUM(0+TEXTSPLIT(TRIM(CONCAT(IFERROR(0+MID(TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,A1,A3,"0,"),SEQUENCE(LEN(TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,A1,A3,"0,"))),1)," ")))," "))
 
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Sticking with XL365 I could use the TEXTJOIN function to expand this formula from a single cell to a list of ranges. I also added a dummy "0," to cover the case of a single blank cell.
Excel Formula:
=SUM(0+TEXTSPLIT(TRIM(CONCAT(IFERROR(0+MID(TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,A1,A3,"0,"),SEQUENCE(LEN(TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,A1,A3,"0,"))),1)," ")))," "))
Did you see my last post (posted 2 to 3 minutes before your post above)?
 
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Solution
The following formula can do a contiguous range (such as A1:A5), but I it cannot (and I don't think it is possible) do a discontiguous range (like A1,A3,A5)
Excel Formula:
=MAP(A1:A5,LAMBDA(x,IF(x="","",SUM(0+TEXTSPLIT(TRIM(CONCAT(IFERROR(0+MID(x,SEQUENCE(LEN(x)),1)," ")))," ")))))
This returns the individual 5 sums from A1:A5. It ends up taking 5 spaces, and not combining the sums. Your original formula works better for me.
 
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I just tried it, but the first formula is better.
Which first formula... mine? If so, the last formula I posted is my first formula, just bundled in other function calls so it can process all cells in a contiguous range at the same time instead of one at a time like my first formula.
 
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Which first formula... mine? If so, the last formula I posted is my first formula, just bundled in other function calls so it can process all cells in a contiguous range at the same time instead of one at a time like my first formula.
Yes. A modified version of it:
=SUM(0+TEXTSPLIT(TRIM(CONCAT(IFERROR(0+MID(TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,A1,A3,"0,"),SEQUENCE(LEN(TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,A1,A3,"0,"))),1)," ")))," "))
 
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