How can I assign a range starting cell based on a variable locati.
 

I'm wondering if there is a way to assign a range starting (or ending) cell
location based on a variable number. For instance, say I have cells B1
through B20 and want to take an average, but not of the entire range. Say I
only want to average B5:B20 but the "5" is given to me by a separate
equation. Is there a way to write

=AVERAGE(B???:B20)

so that the ??? is referenced to another cell? That way I can cite a range
based on a variable starting point.

Thanks,
Dave

by the way, these newsgroups are awesome

Yes - you can use indirect for this, e.g.;

=AVERAGE(INDIRECT("B"&C4&":B20"))

where C4 would be the cell containing 5 (you could put your other formula in
its place).



"feman007" wrote in message
...
I'm wondering if there is a way to assign a range starting (or ending)
cell
location based on a variable number. For instance, say I have cells B1
through B20 and want to take an average, but not of the entire range. Say
I
only want to average B5:B20 but the "5" is given to me by a separate
equation. Is there a way to write

=AVERAGE(B???:B20)

so that the ??? is referenced to another cell? That way I can cite a
range
based on a variable starting point.

Thanks,
Dave

by the way, these newsgroups are awesome

Dave

Try:
=AVERAGE(INDIRECT("B" & A1 & ":" & "B20"))

Where A1 contains the row number you wish to start at.

Steve

"feman007" wrote in message
...
I'm wondering if there is a way to assign a range starting (or ending)
cell
location based on a variable number. For instance, say I have cells B1
through B20 and want to take an average, but not of the entire range. Say
I
only want to average B5:B20 but the "5" is given to me by a separate
equation. Is there a way to write

=AVERAGE(B???:B20)

so that the ??? is referenced to another cell? That way I can cite a
range
based on a variable starting point.

Thanks,
Dave

by the way, these newsgroups are awesome

=AVERAGE(INDIRECT("B"&H1&":B20"))


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"feman007" wrote in message
...
I'm wondering if there is a way to assign a range starting (or ending)
cell
location based on a variable number. For instance, say I have cells B1
through B20 and want to take an average, but not of the entire range. Say
I
only want to average B5:B20 but the "5" is given to me by a separate
equation. Is there a way to write

=AVERAGE(B???:B20)

so that the ??? is referenced to another cell? That way I can cite a
range
based on a variable starting point.

Thanks,
Dave

by the way, these newsgroups are awesome