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Q&A Summing values formatted for a different locale

A couple of year ago a user of Super User reported difficulties with summing values purporting to be Euros imported to LibreOffice Calc in CSV format. In the Q the user does not mention the locale...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Wicket‭

#2: Post edited by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2020-11-01T06:58:54Z (over 3 years ago)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-14T19:57:45Z (over 3 years ago)
Summing values formatted for a different locale
A couple of year ago a user of Super User reported difficulties with summing values purporting to be Euros imported to LibreOffice Calc in CSV format.

In the [Q](https://superuser.com/questions/1353973/summing-euro-amounts-in-libreoffice-calc) the user does not mention the locale settings, but did write "*I've used the LEFT function to get just the number part, though that still leaves me with a string.*" Some sample data was provided, but not its location so assuming the following:

![Sample data](https://software.codidact.com/uploads/JZT7XZYX9VaXVX1bvSXKTTed)
 
and `,` to separate thousands, `.` for decimal, how to determine the sum of the above text-format amounts?