I am trying to get a SUM function to recognise values within a range of cells, that are immediately followed by a *. i.e. 34*

For each range i need to count the total number of inputs, count the number of starred inputs & add up all the values entered.

Currently COUNT doesn't recognise starred values, COUNTIF is set to count only starred values, and SUM wont recognise the value of the starred values.

Is there a way to only read the number element of an input - there are only integer values & starred integer values. The starred inputs are also conditionally formatted. If there is a way would it then affect the COUNT/COUNTIF element?

regards

Pedro