i am attempting to average a range of cells, in which each cell value cannot
be above a certain quantity. if a cell value is above the set quantity, i
want for excel to calculate the average, excluding the cell reference that
contains the value above the set qunatity. in words, this is what i want to
say (in the numbers/quantitative statement):

if any cells in the range c8:du8 are <4, calculate the average of cells
c8:du8; however, if any cells in this range are 4, calculate the average of
the range, BUT exclude those cells (with values greater than 4) from the
formula.

If the values are <4 do this
If the values are 4 do that

What if the values ARE 4?

Biff

"achieve" wrote in message
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i am attempting to average a range of cells, in which each cell value
cannot
be above a certain quantity. if a cell value is above the set quantity, i
want for excel to calculate the average, excluding the cell reference that
contains the value above the set qunatity. in words, this is what i want
to
say (in the numbers/quantitative statement):

if any cells in the range c8:du8 are <4, calculate the average of cells
c8:du8; however, if any cells in this range are 4, calculate the average
of
the range, BUT exclude those cells (with values greater than 4) from the
formula.

=SUMIF(...)/COUNTIF(...) allows you to specify the constraint <4.

Recall that AVERAGE is merely SUM/COUNT.

Dave
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"achieve" wrote:

i am attempting to average a range of cells, in which each cell value cannot
be above a certain quantity. if a cell value is above the set quantity, i
want for excel to calculate the average, excluding the cell reference that
contains the value above the set qunatity. in words, this is what i want to
say (in the numbers/quantitative statement):

if any cells in the range c8:du8 are <4, calculate the average of cells
c8:du8; however, if any cells in this range are 4, calculate the average of
the range, BUT exclude those cells (with values greater than 4) from the
formula.