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problem with "average" function
I tried to find out the mean of a set of numbers by using the "average"
function. But I got a zero as the result of averaging those numbers when I know for a fact the mean should not be zero. I found the old post below and did what was suggested thereof, but that did not fix the problem. Does anyone know what is going on? Thanks. ************ Your numbers are text. Format the cells for general, then enter a 1 into a blank cell. Copy that cell, select your cells with your text-numbers, right-click and select paste special, and choose multiply. Then click OK, and all your values should become numbers. -- HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "darnocnad" wrote in message ... Using Excel I have a list of numbers, if i use the add function it will add them in a normal manner however, when trying to use the sum or average function it sums to zero and the average is reported as div/0 . I have tried to paste as values and repeat with the same result, any idea what is going on here??? -- .. |
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problem with "average" function
Do they add and sum, is it only Average that doesn't work ?
Best wishes Harald "jxk" wrote in message ... I tried to find out the mean of a set of numbers by using the "average" function. But I got a zero as the result of averaging those numbers when I know for a fact the mean should not be zero. I found the old post below and did what was suggested thereof, but that did not fix the problem. Does anyone know what is going on? Thanks. ************ Your numbers are text. Format the cells for general, then enter a 1 into a blank cell. Copy that cell, select your cells with your text-numbers, right-click and select paste special, and choose multiply. Then click OK, and all your values should become numbers. -- HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "darnocnad" wrote in message ... Using Excel I have a list of numbers, if i use the add function it will add them in a normal manner however, when trying to use the sum or average function it sums to zero and the average is reported as div/0 . I have tried to paste as values and repeat with the same result, any idea what is going on here??? -- . |
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problem with "average" function
I just tried "sum" - it appears that "sum" is malfunctioning too. What i did
was i inserted "sum" and then selected three numbers: 0.5, 0.5, 0.5. After i hitted "enter", the result came out as 2, rather than the correct answer of 1.5. I tried a couple of other numbers, similar problem occurred. by the way, i have office 2007 in my computer, but i tried both the 2007 and the old 2003 format, and got the same problem. thanks! -- .. "Harald Staff" wrote: Do they add and sum, is it only Average that doesn't work ? Best wishes Harald "jxk" wrote in message ... I tried to find out the mean of a set of numbers by using the "average" function. But I got a zero as the result of averaging those numbers when I know for a fact the mean should not be zero. I found the old post below and did what was suggested thereof, but that did not fix the problem. Does anyone know what is going on? Thanks. ************ Your numbers are text. Format the cells for general, then enter a 1 into a blank cell. Copy that cell, select your cells with your text-numbers, right-click and select paste special, and choose multiply. Then click OK, and all your values should become numbers. -- HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "darnocnad" wrote in message ... Using Excel I have a list of numbers, if i use the add function it will add them in a normal manner however, when trying to use the sum or average function it sums to zero and the average is reported as div/0 . I have tried to paste as values and repeat with the same result, any idea what is going on here??? -- . |
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problem with "average" function
2 may well be 1.5 formatted to display zero decimals. Or..
Serious miscalculations are almost always caused by circular references. See bottom left if there's a warning about it there. Best wishes Harald "jxk" wrote in message ... I just tried "sum" - it appears that "sum" is malfunctioning too. What i did was i inserted "sum" and then selected three numbers: 0.5, 0.5, 0.5. After i hitted "enter", the result came out as 2, rather than the correct answer of 1.5. I tried a couple of other numbers, similar problem occurred. by the way, i have office 2007 in my computer, but i tried both the 2007 and the old 2003 format, and got the same problem. thanks! -- . "Harald Staff" wrote: Do they add and sum, is it only Average that doesn't work ? Best wishes Harald "jxk" wrote in message ... I tried to find out the mean of a set of numbers by using the "average" function. But I got a zero as the result of averaging those numbers when I know for a fact the mean should not be zero. I found the old post below and did what was suggested thereof, but that did not fix the problem. Does anyone know what is going on? Thanks. ************ Your numbers are text. Format the cells for general, then enter a 1 into a blank cell. Copy that cell, select your cells with your text-numbers, right-click and select paste special, and choose multiply. Then click OK, and all your values should become numbers. -- HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "darnocnad" wrote in message ... Using Excel I have a list of numbers, if i use the add function it will add them in a normal manner however, when trying to use the sum or average function it sums to zero and the average is reported as div/0 . I have tried to paste as values and repeat with the same result, any idea what is going on here??? -- . |
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problem with "average" function
jxk --
Another possibility besides formatting or a circular reference. Have you hidden any rows/columns that would throw things off? "jxk" wrote: I just tried "sum" - it appears that "sum" is malfunctioning too. What i did was i inserted "sum" and then selected three numbers: 0.5, 0.5, 0.5. After i hitted "enter", the result came out as 2, rather than the correct answer of 1.5. I tried a couple of other numbers, similar problem occurred. by the way, i have office 2007 in my computer, but i tried both the 2007 and the old 2003 format, and got the same problem. thanks! -- . "Harald Staff" wrote: Do they add and sum, is it only Average that doesn't work ? Best wishes Harald "jxk" wrote in message ... I tried to find out the mean of a set of numbers by using the "average" function. But I got a zero as the result of averaging those numbers when I know for a fact the mean should not be zero. I found the old post below and did what was suggested thereof, but that did not fix the problem. Does anyone know what is going on? Thanks. ************ Your numbers are text. Format the cells for general, then enter a 1 into a blank cell. Copy that cell, select your cells with your text-numbers, right-click and select paste special, and choose multiply. Then click OK, and all your values should become numbers. -- HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "darnocnad" wrote in message ... Using Excel I have a list of numbers, if i use the add function it will add them in a normal manner however, when trying to use the sum or average function it sums to zero and the average is reported as div/0 . I have tried to paste as values and repeat with the same result, any idea what is going on here??? -- . |
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