JenniferMurphy
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I have a table with three sets of timestamps when some activity took place. I want to calculate the average of the time portion of the timestamps. I was able to get an array formula using the MOD function to work:
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 550"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]C/R[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]D[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]E[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]F[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample B[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample C[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 09:07:44[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 08:22:14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 09:22:25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 08:41:13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 07:55:52[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 09:16:33[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 09:10:29[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 08:33:02[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 09:09:34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:55:00[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:11:26[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:55:58[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 09:12:04[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 07:51:56[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 09:29:34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9:01a[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8:10a[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9:14a[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
The formula in D12 is
The problem arises if there is missing data. The AVERAGE function will ignore empty cells, but the MOD function turns an empty cell into a zero, messing up the average.
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 550"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]C/R[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]D[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]E[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]F[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample B[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample C[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 09:07:44[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 08:22:14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 09:22:25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 08:41:13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 07:55:52[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 09:16:33[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 09:10:29[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 09:09:34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:55:00[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:11:26[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:55:58[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 09:12:04[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 07:51:56[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 09:29:34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9:01a[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6:28a[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9:14a[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
I tried putting a text string in that cell ('n/a or '--), but that gets a value error. Is there a way to get this work calculate the correct average of the non-empty cells?
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 550"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]C/R[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]D[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]E[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]F[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample B[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample C[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 09:07:44[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 08:22:14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 09:22:25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 08:41:13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 07:55:52[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 09:16:33[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 09:10:29[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 08:33:02[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 09:09:34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:55:00[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:11:26[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:55:58[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 09:12:04[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 07:51:56[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 09:29:34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9:01a[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]8:10a[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9:14a[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
The formula in D12 is
Code:
{=AVERAGE(MOD(OFFSET(F6,1,0):OFFSET(F12,-1,0),1))}
The problem arises if there is missing data. The AVERAGE function will ignore empty cells, but the MOD function turns an empty cell into a zero, messing up the average.
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 550"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]C/R[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]D[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]E[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]F[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample B[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Sample C[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 09:07:44[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 08:22:14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/01/19 09:22:25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 08:41:13[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 07:55:52[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/02/19 09:16:33[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 09:10:29[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/04/19 09:09:34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:55:00[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:11:26[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/06/19 08:55:58[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 09:12:04[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 07:51:56[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]03/07/19 09:29:34[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9:01a[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6:28a[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9:14a[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
I tried putting a text string in that cell ('n/a or '--), but that gets a value error. Is there a way to get this work calculate the correct average of the non-empty cells?