Hi Trevor:

Perhaps the following array formula will do it for you:

=AVERAGE(LARGE(A15:L15,ROW(4:9)))

array-entered, of course.

Regards,

Vasant.


"Trevor Shuttleworth" wrote in message
...
Thanks Bob, the very thing I was looking for !

I was sure I had seen this or something like it before but couldn't think
how to put it together.

Cheers ... and thanks for the quick response

Trevor


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Trevor,

How about



=(SUM(A15:L15)-(SUM(SMALL(A15:L15,{1,2,3}))+SUM(LARGE(A15:L15,{1, 2,3}))))/6

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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"Trevor Shuttleworth" wrote in message
...
I'm trying to calculate some targets for next year based on this
year's
achievements.

So, assume I have twelve numbers in a row for January to December. I
want
to discard the three lowest scores and the three highest scores and
then
sum
the remaining six values and divide by 6 to get an average. I have
come
up
with the following formula but I'm sure there must be a shorter,
neater
and
possibly faster way to write it (well, certainly faster to write with
less
possibility of getting it wrong !)




=(SUM(A15:L15)-(SMALL(A15:L15,1)+SMALL(A15:L15,2)+SMALL(A15:L15,3 )+LARGE(A15
:L15,1)+LARGE(A15:L15,2)+LARGE(A15:L15,3)))/6

Any thoughts ?

Of course I could just discard the TWO smallest and TWO largest ...
which
might be an option.

Thanks for your help

Trevor