Try this:
For grades in Cells D1:M1
N1: =SUMPRODUCT(SEARCH(D1:M1,"FEDCBA"))

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron


"nospaminlich" wrote:

> I've got a range of grades in cols D:M e.g B,C,A,D,F,B,C,A,A,E
>
> and a lookup table named "Points"
> A 6
> B 5
> C 4
> D 3
> E 2
> F 1
>
> In Col N I'm trying to create a formula which adds the points for each grade
> in Cols D:M
>
> Using the example above the answer would be 42 but I'm stuck on how to
> create a formula to calculate it.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated
>
> Thanks a lot