Try this array formula** :

=AVERAGE(IF((MOD(ROW(A2:A8)-ROW(A2),2)=0)*(A2:A8<0),A2:A8))

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Christy" wrote in message
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I need to average multiple cells that are not continuous and ignore zero
values. The formula to ignore =AVERAGE(IF(A2:A7<0, A2:A7,"")) does not
work
for single cell entries (i.e. A2,A4, A6, A8) Is there a way to do this?