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Averaging columns

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GarrettSocling - 08 Nov 2004 21:06 GMT
Hello!

I made a spreadsheet where data can be entered into 8 columns.  In eac
column for each day, this data has a formula run on i
(=(E16-E$15)/E$15, for example).  Then sum of these calculations ar
taken and averaged (=SUM(C17:J17)/8).  The problem is, towards th
bottom of this spreadsheet there won't be 8 columns of data anymore
but I still want a valid average generated.   Maybe after a week o
two, there is only 7 columns of data, and after three weeks only
columns of data available.  The amount of rows into the spreadshee
that this lack of data happens is constantly different.  I have th
framework for the entire spreadsheet created as a template so that onl
the data needs to be entered.  

Is there a command which will dynamically average whatever data i
available?  (=SUM(C17:J17)/8) doesn't cut it  :(

TIA!
Frank Kabel - 08 Nov 2004 21:22 GMT
Hi
use
AVERAGE
for this. It ignores empty cells

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> Hello!
>
> I made a spreadsheet where data can be entered into 8 columns.  In
each
> column for each day, this data has a formula run on it
> (=(E16-E$15)/E$15, for example).  Then sum of these calculations are
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> that this lack of data happens is constantly different.  I have the
> framework for the entire spreadsheet created as a template so that
only
> the data needs to be entered.
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rhodesv - 16 Dec 2004 20:10 GMT
Frank, do you know if there's a way to average a column and make the average
exclude the zero values?

> Hi
> use
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Frank Kabel - 16 Dec 2004 20:14 GMT
Hi
use the array formula (entered with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER):
=AVERAGE(IF(A1:A100<>0,A1:A100))

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> average exclude the zero values?
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