From: Malcolm on
On my worksheet I have a column of12 cells that I need to average.
Unfortunately cell B6 contains text (see below). As shown the dreaded #DIV/0!
displays in cell B13 until any rates are inputted into the column. After
inputting the first rate the formula works great. I'm using the formula;
=AVERAGE(B1:B12). Is there another formula I could use that will not display
the #DIV/0! in cell B13 ? I'm using Excel 2007.
A B
1
2
3
4
5
6 Name
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 #DIV/0!
Thank you,
Malcolm





From: T. Valko on
>I'm using Excel 2007.

Try one of these...

This will work in Excel 2007 and later:

=IFERROR(AVERAGE(B1:B12),"")

This will work in any version:

=IF(COUNT(B1:B12),AVERAGE(B1:B12),"")

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Malcolm" <Malcolm(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8FB152D-D9D2-4ABC-ADF8-D8CD62A9A897(a)microsoft.com...
> On my worksheet I have a column of12 cells that I need to average.
> Unfortunately cell B6 contains text (see below). As shown the dreaded
> #DIV/0!
> displays in cell B13 until any rates are inputted into the column. After
> inputting the first rate the formula works great. I'm using the formula;
> =AVERAGE(B1:B12). Is there another formula I could use that will not
> display
> the #DIV/0! in cell B13 ? I'm using Excel 2007.
> A B
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
> 6 Name
> 7
> 8
> 9
> 10
> 11
> 12
> 13 #DIV/0!
> Thank you,
> Malcolm
>
>
>
>
>


From: Luke M on
=IF(COUNT(B1:B12),AVERAGE(B1:B12),"NO NUMBERS")

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Best Regards,

Luke M
"Malcolm" <Malcolm(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8FB152D-D9D2-4ABC-ADF8-D8CD62A9A897(a)microsoft.com...
> On my worksheet I have a column of12 cells that I need to average.
> Unfortunately cell B6 contains text (see below). As shown the dreaded
> #DIV/0!
> displays in cell B13 until any rates are inputted into the column. After
> inputting the first rate the formula works great. I'm using the formula;
> =AVERAGE(B1:B12). Is there another formula I could use that will not
> display
> the #DIV/0! in cell B13 ? I'm using Excel 2007.
> A B
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
> 6 Name
> 7
> 8
> 9
> 10
> 11
> 12
> 13 #DIV/0!
> Thank you,
> Malcolm
>
>
>
>
>


From: Jacob Skaria on
Even if you dont have the text in B6 it will return the error...when you dont
have any numbers in that range...Try

=IF(COUNT(B1:B12),AVERAGE(B1:B12),"")

--
Jacob (MVP - Excel)


"Malcolm" wrote:

> On my worksheet I have a column of12 cells that I need to average.
> Unfortunately cell B6 contains text (see below). As shown the dreaded #DIV/0!
> displays in cell B13 until any rates are inputted into the column. After
> inputting the first rate the formula works great. I'm using the formula;
> =AVERAGE(B1:B12). Is there another formula I could use that will not display
> the #DIV/0! in cell B13 ? I'm using Excel 2007.
> A B
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
> 6 Name
> 7
> 8
> 9
> 10
> 11
> 12
> 13 #DIV/0!
> Thank you,
> Malcolm
>
>
>
>
>
From: Malcolm on
Jacob, Hi,
Your MVP status is well deserved. Your solution worked perfectly and allowed
me to clean up not only my initial problem, but some other averaging
problems in my workbook.

Many thanks,
Malcolm

"Jacob Skaria" wrote:

> Even if you dont have the text in B6 it will return the error...when you dont
> have any numbers in that range...Try
>
> =IF(COUNT(B1:B12),AVERAGE(B1:B12),"")
>
> --
> Jacob (MVP - Excel)
>
>
> "Malcolm" wrote:
>
> > On my worksheet I have a column of12 cells that I need to average.
> > Unfortunately cell B6 contains text (see below). As shown the dreaded #DIV/0!
> > displays in cell B13 until any rates are inputted into the column. After
> > inputting the first rate the formula works great. I'm using the formula;
> > =AVERAGE(B1:B12). Is there another formula I could use that will not display
> > the #DIV/0! in cell B13 ? I'm using Excel 2007.
> > A B
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
> > 5
> > 6 Name
> > 7
> > 8
> > 9
> > 10
> > 11
> > 12
> > 13 #DIV/0!
> > Thank you,
> > Malcolm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >