This =AverageIf(A1,A3,A5,"2") will not work as the syntax requires a range
not a list of cells

This =AVERAGEIF(A1:A5,"2") will work if cells A2 and A4 hold non-numeric
data (or are empty)
best wishes
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Bernard Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme

"Very Basic User" wrote in message
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Thank you, works great. May I ask two more while your here.

1. Instead of Not 0 or <0 what if I want it to not count anything greater
unless greater than 2. We have a standar error of + 2, so I don't want to
factor these into the averages either.
2. How can I get this same thing to work with cells that are not together.
My current line that does not work is =AverageIf(A1,A3,A5,"2") I can't
seem
to get this to work.

Thanks! John
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Thank you for your time!
John


"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Replace formula with
IF(COUNTIF(A1:A10,"<0"), SUM(A1:A10)/COUNTIF(A1:A10,"<0"),"")
or if you have Excel 2007
IFERROR(SUM(A1:A10)/COUNTIF(A1:A10,"<0"),"")
best wishes
--
Bernard Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme

"Very Basic User" wrote in
message
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What if I dont' want the error sign if all my #'s are 0. The formula
worked
great for me too, but sometimes on a weekend when we don't run a line,
there
are 0's for each shift. When this happens, I get the error #DIC/0!...
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Thank you for your time!
John


"T. Valko" wrote:

If you are going to use the last suggestion it would be safer to use
SUM(A1:A10)/COUNTIF(A1:A10,"<0")

If the numbers are always positive how is that safer? It's actually
less
safe than using 0.

The COUNTIF will include text, empty cells, and Booleans.


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"ShaneDevenshire" wrote in
message ...
Hi,

If you are going to use the last suggestion it would be safer to use
SUM(A1:A10)/COUNTIF(A1:A10,"<0")

Alternatively in 2007 you should consider this:

=AVERAGEIF(A1:A10,"<0")

In all versions you could also use

=AVERAGE(IF(A1:A10<0,A1:A10,""))

This formula is array entered (press Shift+Ctrl+Enter to enter it
rather
than Enter)


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Thanks,
Shane Devenshire


"tommy" wrote:

Hi, I have a column with a line of numbers and I have set an
average
at
the
bottom using Autosum but it is dividing the zeros as well is there
any
way
around this?.

Thanks in advance, Barry.



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