Good morning,
i have a manager who wants to average a set of cells.
he there are indefinate number of cells in a row and he wants to average
only the current entry plus only the last three consecitive entries.
example:
if a1,b1,c1,d1,f1 all have entries he wants the average based on the info in
b1,c1,d1,f1.
when e1 has data entered he wants the average to be based on c1,d1,f1,e1.
there are 20+ rows that need to have this function.
can someone help, this is beyond my capabilities.
thanks
doug

Doug,

This will total it for row 1

=SUM(N(OFFSET(A1,,LARGE((1:1<"")*(COLUMN(INDIRECT ("A:IV"))),{1,2,3,4})-1,1,
1)))

it is an array formula, so commit with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not just Enter.

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"doug" wrote in message
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Good morning,
i have a manager who wants to average a set of cells.
he there are indefinate number of cells in a row and he wants to average
only the current entry plus only the last three consecitive entries.
example:
if a1,b1,c1,d1,f1 all have entries he wants the average based on the info
in
b1,c1,d1,f1.
when e1 has data entered he wants the average to be based on c1,d1,f1,e1.
there are 20+ rows that need to have this function.
can someone help, this is beyond my capabilities.
thanks
doug

Thanks Bob,
i must be doing something wrong though. it works on a blank worksheet but
when i put it into e8 to calulate starting at F8 + it gives me a #N/A error.
i changed the formula to look as follows
=SUM(N(OFFSET(F8,,LARGE((1:1<"")*(COLUMN(INDIRECT ("F:IV"))),{1,2,3,4})-1,1,1))) the formula is in cell E8
thanks
doug


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Doug,

This will total it for row 1

=SUM(N(OFFSET(A1,,LARGE((1:1<"")*(COLUMN(INDIRECT ("A:IV"))),{1,2,3,4})-1,1,
1)))

it is an array formula, so commit with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not just Enter.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from email address if mailing direct)

"doug" wrote in message
...
Good morning,
i have a manager who wants to average a set of cells.
he there are indefinate number of cells in a row and he wants to average
only the current entry plus only the last three consecitive entries.
example:
if a1,b1,c1,d1,f1 all have entries he wants the average based on the info
in
b1,c1,d1,f1.
when e1 has data entered he wants the average to be based on c1,d1,f1,e1.
there are 20+ rows that need to have this function.
can someone help, this is beyond my capabilities.
thanks
doug

Try changing to

=AVERAGE(N(OFFSET(A8,,LARGE((F8:IV8<"")*(COLUMN(I NDIRECT("F:IV"))),{1,2,3,4})-1,1,1)))


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Thanks, that did the trick

"daddylonglegs" wrote:


Try changing to

=AVERAGE(N(OFFSET(A8,,LARGE((F8:IV8<"")*(COLUMN(I NDIRECT("F:IV"))),{1,2,3,4})-1,1,1)))


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