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Google Sheets is a powerful tool that allows users to create and manipulate data in a spreadsheet format. One of its useful features is the ability to calculate the average of a range of cells, while excluding any cells that are blank. This can be done by using the AVERAGE function, which calculates the average of a given range of cells. To exclude blank cells, the function can be combined with the IF function, which allows us to specify a condition. By setting the condition to only include cells that are not blank, the AVERAGE function will only calculate the average of the non-blank cells in the specified range. This functionality is useful for data analysis and allows for accurate calculations without the interference of empty cells.
Google Sheets: Calculate Average If Not Blank
You can use the following formula to calculate the average value of a range in Google Sheets only if every cell in the range is not blank:
=IF(COUNT(A1:A10),AVERAGE(A1:A10),0)This formula calculates the average value of cells in the range A1:A10. If every value in the range is blank, then the formula simply returns 0.
You could also use the following formula to return a blank instead:
=IF(COUNT(A1:A10),AVERAGE(A1:A10),"")The following examples show how to use these formulas in practice.
Example 1: Average If Not Blank (Return a Value)
The following screenshot shows how to calculate the average value in column B where there are only a few missing values:
Since there were only a few missing values, the formula simply returned the average of the non-missing values.
Example 2: Average If Not Blank (Return a Zero)
The following screenshot shows how to calculate the average value in column B where every single value is missing:
Since every single value was missing in column B, the formula simply returned a value of 0.
Example 3: Average If Not Blank (Return a Blank)
The following screenshot shows how to calculate the average value in column B where every single value is missing:
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