Microsoft Excel - Summing values from a rage containing numerical and textual substring

Summing values from a rage containing numerical and textual substring

I have an excel file there quantity I added with date like 09/05/2009=05 and 10/05/2009=05 as on.  Each date and quantity added on each column. I want to sum the quantity.

Example         5/12=2,   6/12=30, 7/12=5, 8/12=30, 9/12=30, 16/12=30

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I would want to be able to sum a range of cells that contain text like 5/12=2,   6/12=30, 7/12=5, 8/12=30, 9/12=30, and 16/12=30. And in the instant case the value you would want to arrive at with these text strings would be 127 = (2 + 30 + 5 + 30 + 30 + 30).  

Is there any way to sum this quantity without date?

I got this formula

=SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(C2,B2:B5)),VALUE(LEFT(B2:B5,FIND(C2,B2:B5)-1)),0))

Given the many cases involved in quarterizing dates and applying math to them I would suggest writing a UDF for this.

If you still require one let me know and I'd be happy to take a closer look at it.