Hi Ron,
I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear, you are quite right, if there are
values to average, the AVERAGE function will ignore text, however my table
has no values until I update the table, in the mean time I get #DIV/0!

Is there a way to avoid this error message?

It probably sounds like a ludicrous situation, but I am working with class
results for a school year and until the task has been completed by the class
and results recorded there are no values to average.

Kind Regards
Tanya

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

The AVERAGE function ignores text


Per Excel Help for the AVERAGE function:
If an array or reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored; however, cells with the value zero are included.<<

Are you experiencing something different?

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Tanya" wrote:

Hi
Can anyone advise me please of a formula to calculate the average for a
range where only numerals are present. i.e. I have a column with a number of
text values in which the numeral value has no entry?
Thank you in advance.

Regards
Tanya