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Average of only cells containing numeral value
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Can anyone advise me please of a formula to calculate the average for a range where only numerals are present. i.e. I have a column with a number of text values in which the numeral value has no entry? Thank you in advance. Regards Tanya |
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The AVERAGE function ignores text
Per Excel Help for the AVERAGE function: If an array or reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored; however, cells with the value zero are included.<< Are you experiencing something different? Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "Tanya" wrote: Hi Can anyone advise me please of a formula to calculate the average for a range where only numerals are present. i.e. I have a column with a number of text values in which the numeral value has no entry? Thank you in advance. Regards Tanya |
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Sun, 1 Jul 2007 06:28:01 -0700 from Tanya
: Can anyone advise me please of a formula to calculate the average for a range where only numerals are present. i.e. I have a column with a number of text values in which the numeral value has no entry? Have you checked Excel help for the function =AVERAGE() ? It sure looks to me like it marches your requirements. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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Average of only cells containing numeral value
Hi Ron,
I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear, you are quite right, if there are values to average, the AVERAGE function will ignore text, however my table has no values until I update the table, in the mean time I get #DIV/0! Is there a way to avoid this error message? It probably sounds like a ludicrous situation, but I am working with class results for a school year and until the task has been completed by the class and results recorded there are no values to average. Kind Regards Tanya "Ron Coderre" wrote: The AVERAGE function ignores text Per Excel Help for the AVERAGE function: If an array or reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored; however, cells with the value zero are included.<< Are you experiencing something different? Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "Tanya" wrote: Hi Can anyone advise me please of a formula to calculate the average for a range where only numerals are present. i.e. I have a column with a number of text values in which the numeral value has no entry? Thank you in advance. Regards Tanya |
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Average of only cells containing numeral value
One way:
=IF(COUNT(B1:B10)0,AVERAGE(B1:B10),"") -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Tanya" wrote in message ... Hi Ron, I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear, you are quite right, if there are values to average, the AVERAGE function will ignore text, however my table has no values until I update the table, in the mean time I get #DIV/0! Is there a way to avoid this error message? It probably sounds like a ludicrous situation, but I am working with class results for a school year and until the task has been completed by the class and results recorded there are no values to average. Kind Regards Tanya "Ron Coderre" wrote: The AVERAGE function ignores text Per Excel Help for the AVERAGE function: If an array or reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored; however, cells with the value zero are included.<< Are you experiencing something different? Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "Tanya" wrote: Hi Can anyone advise me please of a formula to calculate the average for a range where only numerals are present. i.e. I have a column with a number of text values in which the numeral value has no entry? Thank you in advance. Regards Tanya |
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Thank you, I appreciate your help.
Kind Regards Tanya "Ragdyer" wrote: One way: =IF(COUNT(B1:B10)0,AVERAGE(B1:B10),"") -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Tanya" wrote in message ... Hi Ron, I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear, you are quite right, if there are values to average, the AVERAGE function will ignore text, however my table has no values until I update the table, in the mean time I get #DIV/0! Is there a way to avoid this error message? It probably sounds like a ludicrous situation, but I am working with class results for a school year and until the task has been completed by the class and results recorded there are no values to average. Kind Regards Tanya "Ron Coderre" wrote: The AVERAGE function ignores text Per Excel Help for the AVERAGE function: If an array or reference argument contains text, logical values, or empty cells, those values are ignored; however, cells with the value zero are included.<< Are you experiencing something different? Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "Tanya" wrote: Hi Can anyone advise me please of a formula to calculate the average for a range where only numerals are present. i.e. I have a column with a number of text values in which the numeral value has no entry? Thank you in advance. Regards Tanya |
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