REMOVE THE #DIV/0! ERROR FROM FORMULA WHEN FIGURING MULTIPLE AVERA

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Security Dave

I am trying to formulate a cell to figure averages from cells that have
averages.
My current formula reads
=AVERAGE(D33,G33,J33,M33,P33,S33,V33,Y33)
I am getting the error due to blank cells that have not been filled in yet.
Any suggestions?
 
Settting aside that you shouldn't really be taking an average of an average
try this

=SUM(D33,G33,J33,M33,P33,S33,V33,Y33)/COUNT(D33,G33,J33,M33,P33,S33,V33,Y33)

Mike
 
I'm assuming you mean this happens when *none* of the cells contain data. If
*any* cell contained data it should work (as long as there are no error
values in the range) and AVERAGE would ignore the empty cells and text.

Try this:

=IF(COUNT(D33,G33,J33,M33,P33,S33,V33,Y33),AVERAGE(D33,G33,J33,M33,P33,S33,V33,Y33),"")
 
Thanks very much for your help. It worked like a charm.

One more if you have the time. Same situation, except I am figuring
averages between 2 numbers.

Simple formula of =U20/T20
Any help would be appreciated.
 
I'm not sure where the "average" comes into your U20/T20 formula, but you
could try =IF(T20,U20/T20,"") or =IF(T20=0,"",U20/T20)
If you want to distinguish between a blank and a zero in T20 you could do
that, for example =IF(T20="","",IF(T20=0,"infinite ratio",U20/T20))
 

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