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Calculating averages and not including blank cells



 
 
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Old February 17th, 2010, 12:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.newusers
Mercedes
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Default Calculating averages and not including blank cells

Hello all,

Could someone tell me how to calculate the average of a column in Excel that
has blanks? I don't want to include the blanks in the average. I tried
using:
=AVERAGE(E1:E18)

thinking that it would not include the blank cells as part of the
calculation, but then realized the error of my ways...

Your help is most appreciated!

M.


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Old February 17th, 2010, 02:22 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.newusers
Bernard Liengme
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Default Calculating averages and not including blank cells

But AVERAGE does ignore blank cells
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"Mercedes" wrote in message
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Hello all,

Could someone tell me how to calculate the average of a column in Excel
that
has blanks? I don't want to include the blanks in the average. I tried
using:
=AVERAGE(E1:E18)

thinking that it would not include the blank cells as part of the
calculation, but then realized the error of my ways...

Your help is most appreciated!

M.


--
Of all the things I''ve lost, I miss my mind the most.


 




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