Formula to ignore negative numbers in a column?
 

I have a lengthy spreadsheet with several columns of numerical data. Some
cells have positive numbers and others have negative numbers. My goal is to
get both a column sum and average--but only of only those cells with a
positive number--i would like to exclude the negative numbers from my
calculations.

Are there formulas that will so this for me?
--
Tia, Education and Documentation Specialist

Formula to ignore negative numbers in a column?
 

Tia,

Sum:
=SUMIF(D:D,"0")

Average:
=SUMIF(D:D,"0")/COUNTIF(D:D,"0")

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Tia" wrote in message
...
I have a lengthy spreadsheet with several columns of numerical data. Some
cells have positive numbers and others have negative numbers. My goal is to
get both a column sum and average--but only of only those cells with a
positive number--i would like to exclude the negative numbers from my
calculations.

Are there formulas that will so this for me?
--
Tia, Education and Documentation Specialist

Formula to ignore negative numbers in a column?
 

Try something like this:

With values in cells A1:A10

Greater than zero:
SUM
B1: =SUMIF(A1:A10,"0")
AVERAGE
B2: =SUMIF(A1:A10,"0")/COUNTIF(A1:A10,"0")

Greater than or equal to zero:
SUM
B1: =SUMIF(A1:A10,"=0")
AVERAGE
B2: =SUMIF(A1:A10,"=0")/COUNTIF(A1:A10,"=0")

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Tia" wrote:

I have a lengthy spreadsheet with several columns of numerical data. Some
cells have positive numbers and others have negative numbers. My goal is to
get both a column sum and average--but only of only those cells with a
positive number--i would like to exclude the negative numbers from my
calculations.

Are there formulas that will so this for me?
--
Tia, Education and Documentation Specialist

Formula to ignore negative numbers in a column?
 

Another option for Average using an Array formula:
=AVERAGE(IF(Rng0,Rng))

Rng being a range name of say A1:A10
--
HTH. :)
Dana DeLouis
Windows XP, Office 2003


"Tia" wrote in message
...
I have a lengthy spreadsheet with several columns of numerical data. Some
cells have positive numbers and others have negative numbers. My goal is
to
get both a column sum and average--but only of only those cells with a
positive number--i would like to exclude the negative numbers from my
calculations.

Are there formulas that will so this for me?
--
Tia, Education and Documentation Specialist