Averaging non-contiguous columns, while excluding certain cells or rows (Excel 2016)

Jack032

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While it sounds relatively easy, I am experiencingdifficulty creating a formula to validate the actual result. Within the rangeto be calculated, data includes 0’s, no numbers at all and/or text. For thiscalculation, I started with =AVERAGEIFS(D4:G46,D4:G46,">0",D4:G46,"<>"""),butnoticed it returned an erroneous number. This formula contains the entire data range,but does not exclude row or cells which are part of the result. Therefore itwas modified to=AVERAGEIFS(D4:H12,D4:H12,">0",D4:H12,"<>"""),AVERAGEIFS(D14:H24,D14:H24,">0",D14:H24,"<>"""),butunable to get it working properly. I determined, the ranges were not equal insize. My next step was to try =SUM(D4:D46,G4:G46)/INDEX(FREQUENCY((D4:D46,G4:G46),0),2))but encountered a separate problem. I was unable to add additional criteria anddeal with the unwanted cells/rows. After going back to basics, I was able toget =AVERAGE(D4:D11, G4:G11, D13:D23, G13:G23, D25:D32, G25:G32, D34:D35,G34:G35, D37:D38, G37:G38, D40:D43, G40:G43, D45, G45) to work. However, I havebeen unsuccessful in creating a formula that will be easier to incorporate futurechanges (ie: additional columns)

The data to be averaged is contained within columns D and G, (lines 4 to 46),but must exclude rows 12 (cells D12 and G12), 24, 33, 36, 39, 44 and 46.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Hi Jack
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Assuming (c4:c46,g4:g46) are blank cells, cells with text or cells with numbers, try for the average of the positive numbers in the range:

=AVERAGE(IF(ISNA(MATCH(ROW(D4:D46),{12,24,33,36,39,44,46},0)),IF(N(CHOOSE({1,2},D4:D46,G4:G46))>0,CHOOSE({1,2},D4:D46,G4:G46))))
This is an array formula, you have to confirm it with CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER
 
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