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I have seven cells that I am trying to average the total in the eighth cell.
The worksheet is will not necessarely have an amount in each of the seven
cells I am trying to average therefore I get a =0/div in the total cell
unless there is at least one cell with content. How can I clean up the
worksheet so the =0/div does not appear when there is no activity in any of
the seven cells.
This is the formula I have tried but it will not work.
=IF(P3=0),"",(AVERAGE(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3)

Thanks

Hi, Bob:

Your assumption is that if there is data in at least one cell, the sum will
never be 0, i.e. you won't have just 2 entries, +10 and -10. I don't know
whether that's a safe assumption or not.

How about COUNT instead?

=IF(COUNT(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3)=0,0,AVERAGE(D3,F3, H3,J3,K3,L3,N3))

Myrna Larson

On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 22:08:22 -0400, "Bob Umlas"
wrote:

=IF(SUM(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3)=0,0,AVERAGE(D3,F3,H 3,J3,K3,L3,N3))
"Nick Hodge" wrote in message
...
Sorry typo

=IF(ISERR(AVERAGE(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3)),0,AVERAGE (D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3))

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
HIS

"Nick Hodge" wrote in message
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=IF(ISERR(AVERAGE(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3),0,AVERAGE( D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3))
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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
HIS

"cmeb4uby" wrote in message
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I have seven cells that I am trying to average the total in the eighth
cell.
The worksheet is will not necessarely have an amount in each of the
seven
cells I am trying to average therefore I get a =0/div in the total cell
unless there is at least one cell with content. How can I clean up the
worksheet so the =0/div does not appear when there is no activity in any
of
the seven cells.
This is the formula I have tried but it will not work.
=IF(P3=0),"",(AVERAGE(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3)

Thanks

This is the formula I have tried but it will not work.
=IF(P3=0),"",(AVERAGE(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3)

PS: I don't know what is in P3 (the sum?), but the problem with the above
formula is the parentheses aren't correct. It should be

=IF(P3=0,"",AVERAGE(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3))

"Myrna Larson" wrote...
....
How about COUNT instead?

=IF(COUNT(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3)=0,0,AVERAGE(D3,F3 ,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3))
....

Or use brute force.

=SUM(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3)/MAX(1,COUNT(D3,F3,H3,J3,K3,L3,N3))