Solved: Excel 2003 - Need to sum numbers that are in cells formated as text

[frank_m]

I'm using the code shown below to give a sum total in Cell P18 by adding the number value in Cell i18 to Cell P18

It works fine as long as both cells are formatted as a number or general, but if the cells accidentally become formatted as text the result is concatenation instead of summing.

Is there an alternative command that will sum the two numbers regardless of the cell formatting?
[vba]Range("P18").Value = Range("P18").Value + Range("I18").Value[/vba]

[Bob Phillips]

[vba]

Range("P18").Value = Val(Range("P18").Value) + Val(Range("I18").Value)
[/vba]

[frank_m]

Thanks once again xld. -- Without you and the other great experts at this forum I'd never be able to get a project completed and bug free before the "frustration" and "taking too long" factor's would overwhelm me.

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[Bob Phillips]

That's the whole aim Frank, to help you along the road we previously travelled