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Data conversion: Text to Numeric to Support Averaging
I have a mix of grades (academic achievement) in numeric (98, 86, etc.) and
text (A, B+, etc.) format that I need to average for a final grade. While I can use LOOKUP variants to display the text as numeric, I have yet to figure out how to manipulate the text so it can be AVERAGEd with the numeric data. I am not totally new to Excel; however, I figured there are smarter folks in the community that may have already wrestled this issue into a solution. Congratulations! Please share your results...thank you! |
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Data conversion: Text to Numeric to Support Averaging
You'll need to first create a helper column. Assuming you have a lookup
table setup somewhere to convert the text to numbers, can do: =IF(ISNUMBER(A2),A2,LOOKUP(A2,Your_Table)) Then average the helper column. -- Best Regards, Luke M "Frogs5" wrote in message ... I have a mix of grades (academic achievement) in numeric (98, 86, etc.) and text (A, B+, etc.) format that I need to average for a final grade. While I can use LOOKUP variants to display the text as numeric, I have yet to figure out how to manipulate the text so it can be AVERAGEd with the numeric data. I am not totally new to Excel; however, I figured there are smarter folks in the community that may have already wrestled this issue into a solution. Congratulations! Please share your results...thank you! |
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