Ed, that would work if you used say
=AVERAGE(B1:B19 test) where test is the named range. You can't use the whole
column as this formula will be in B20, so you will get a circular
reference.

But I am not seeing the advantage here, why not just use =AVERAGE(B1:B19).
If it is because you don't know what cell the formula is in, and therefore
where the last cell to be averaged is, just use
=AVERAGE($C$1:OFFSET(C20,-1,0))

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HTH

RP
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"Ed" wrote in message
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Bob - Sorry for the delay in the reply. I got caught by some work and
then
it was time to log off. From what I saw of the AVERAGE worksheet function
Help, your syntax might not work, if I understand it (not saying that I
do,
mind you).

What I'm looking at is (for example) a named range covering A3:F19. I
want
to place a formula in B20, C20, D20, E20, and F20 that will AVERAGE only
the
intersection of that column with the named range. So the formula in B20
would pick up only the values in both Column B and the named range,
ignoring
anything in rows 1 and 2. That same formula in C20 could pick up only
Col.
C as it intersects the range.

I'm using XL2000. Can you recommend something I should be looking at to
construct this?

Ed

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Ed,

Do you mean something like

=AVERAGE(G1:G9 G5:I6)

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RP
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"Ed" wrote in message
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On Sheet1, I will have a column of item numbers, with each item having
perhaps 20 columns of numbers following. I need to separate these
items
into groups, and take the average of all the numbers in that group in
each
column. Say Group1 is rows 3-10, numbers in col B-J. In B11, I need
to
place the average of B3-B10, ditto for C11, etc. If Group2 is rows
12-15,
the averages will go into row 16 across all the columns.

Since the lengths of these groups can vary, it was my thought to use
VBA
to
create a named range for each group. Then I could find the last row
of
the
range, insert a new row, and run across the row in the required cells
to
insert a formula to average the numbers above that belong to the named
range.

Where I'm stuck is how to reference the intersection of the particular
column and the named range. So in B11 (for my example above), I would
have
a formula that says "=AVERAGE (intersection of this column and the
named
range for Group1)". It seems like it should be easy, but I can't get
my
brain out of neutral! Any kick-starts would be appreciated.

Ed