Using Left or a Wildcard in Averageif

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Hi All,

Having some trouble identifying why this formula isn't working. Want to be able to get an average based of the day of the week. Was originally using the LEFT function in criteria range (ie MON, TUE etc) however swapped to a wildcard and still not returning a value.

=SUMIF(A:A,"Monday*",G:G)

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Any help would be appreciated.


Cheers
Smook
 

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You can't use that formula since the Dates are interpreted as Numbers and your formula is for Text. Hence, a Helper column should help.

Hope this does the trick:
Book3
ABCDE
1DateDay of the WeekDay of the WeekCount
2Sunday, September 1, 2024SundaySunday3
3Monday, September 2, 2024MondayMonday3
4Tuesday, September 3, 2024TuesdayTuesday2
5Wednesday, September 4, 2024WednesdayWednesday2
6Thursday, September 5, 2024ThursdayThursday2
7Friday, September 6, 2024FridayFriday2
8Saturday, September 7, 2024SaturdaySaturday2
9Sunday, September 8, 2024Sunday
10Monday, September 9, 2024Monday
11Tuesday, September 10, 2024Tuesday
12Wednesday, September 11, 2024Wednesday
13Thursday, September 12, 2024Thursday
14Friday, September 13, 2024Friday
15Saturday, September 14, 2024Saturday
16Sunday, September 15, 2024Sunday
17Monday, September 16, 2024Monday
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:B17B2=TEXT(VALUE(WEEKDAY(A2,1)),"DDDD")
D2:D8D2=UNIQUE(B2:B17)
A3:A17A3=A2+1
E2:E8E2=COUNTIF(B2:B17,D2)
Dynamic array formulas.
 
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You can do it without a helper column if you use FILTER:

Book1
ABCDEF
1DateTotalDay of the WeekCountAverage
2Sunday, September 1, 20240Sunday386.33333
3Monday, September 2, 2024245Monday3153
4Tuesday, September 3, 2024176Tuesday288
5Wednesday, September 4, 2024185Wednesday292.5
6Thursday, September 5, 2024201Thursday2150
7Friday, September 6, 202479Friday296.5
8Saturday, September 7, 2024253Saturday2204
9Sunday, September 8, 2024179
10Monday, September 9, 202482
11Tuesday, September 10, 20240
12Wednesday, September 11, 20240
13Thursday, September 12, 202499
14Friday, September 13, 2024114
15Saturday, September 14, 2024155
16Sunday, September 15, 202480
17Monday, September 16, 2024132
Sheet2
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
E2:E8E2=ROWS(FILTER($B$2:$B$17,TEXT($A$2:$A$17,"dddd")=D2))
F2:F8F2=LET(f,FILTER($B$2:$B$17,TEXT($A$2:$A$17,"dddd")=D2),SUM(f)/ROWS(f))
A3:A17A3=A2+1
 
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Awesome! I will have to learn that LET Function. Thanks!
Eric W said:
You can do it without a helper column if you use FILTER:

Book1
ABCDEF
1DateTotalDay of the WeekCountAverage
2Sunday, September 1, 20240Sunday386.33333
3Monday, September 2, 2024245Monday3153
4Tuesday, September 3, 2024176Tuesday288
5Wednesday, September 4, 2024185Wednesday292.5
6Thursday, September 5, 2024201Thursday2150
7Friday, September 6, 202479Friday296.5
8Saturday, September 7, 2024253Saturday2204
9Sunday, September 8, 2024179
10Monday, September 9, 202482
11Tuesday, September 10, 20240
12Wednesday, September 11, 20240
13Thursday, September 12, 202499
14Friday, September 13, 2024114
15Saturday, September 14, 2024155
16Sunday, September 15, 202480
17Monday, September 16, 2024132
Sheet2
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
E2:E8E2=ROWS(FILTER($B$2:$B$17,TEXT($A$2:$A$17,"dddd")=D2))
F2:F8F2=LET(f,FILTER($B$2:$B$17,TEXT($A$2:$A$17,"dddd")=D2),SUM(f)/ROWS(f))
A3:A17A3=A2+1
Click to expand...
 
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Or try this in F2:

=AVERAGE(FILTER($B$2:$B$17,TEXT($A$2:$A$17,"dddd")=D2))
 
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