help on averaging function
excuse me Martin,
i send a late post, not seeing your one..
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"MartinW" wrote:
Hi Treesy,
The average function will ignore blanks but not zero values.
So if the formula in those cells is returning 0 alter it to return ""
Alternatively this formula may help.
=SUM(A1:A12)/COUNTIF(A1:A12,"0")
adjust the ranges to suit.
HTH
Martin
"Treesy" wrote in message
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Is there a way to not have a blank or zero value not be counted in an
average
function. Example:
I have a spreadsheet that has a year's worth of data. Currently, it is
only
filled in through June. At the very end, I want it to average some of the
data. The formula has 12 cells that I want averaged but if one of those
cells is blank or zero, I want it ignored. 6 of the 12 cells have data.
Right now, I want it to average the 6 cells that have data. Next month,
it
will average 7, so on and so forth. Right now, it is taking the 6 values
and
dividing by the 12 cells, even though 6 of them contain nothing. I guess
I
want the calculation to change as data is entered without having to change
the formula every month and add the new cell. Is this possible??
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