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Old May 21st, 2010, 02:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
malcolm
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Default Average columns that contain text

What formula can I use to average a column of numbers that has one cell
containing text?
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Old May 21st, 2010, 02:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
RonaldoOneNil
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Default Average columns that contain text

You haven't said whether you want the text to be ignored or used in the
average as if the cell was 0 ?

if the following is in A1 to A6 then =AVERAGE(A1:A6) gives 7. Is this what
you want ?
10
12
8
4
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"Malcolm" wrote:

What formula can I use to average a column of numbers that has one cell
containing text?

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Old May 21st, 2010, 02:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Jacob Skaria
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Default Average columns that contain text

Do you mean?...

=SUM(A:A)/COUNTA(A:A)

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"Malcolm" wrote:

What formula can I use to average a column of numbers that has one cell
containing text?

 




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