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I need an average of a non contiguous cells of times.
Solved by E. A. in 17 mins
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Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:13
Hello！
User
08/08/2018 - 07:13
Good afternoon!
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:13
Welcome to got it pro!
User
08/08/2018 - 07:13
thank you!
User
08/08/2018 - 07:13
Hopefully you can help
User
08/08/2018 - 07:14
can i paste in this excel sheet?
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:14
I saw you have a question regarding use average funciton
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:14
Sure
User
08/08/2018 - 07:14
thanks
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:14
You can just provide sample as well
User
08/08/2018 - 07:14
I need an average of just the run times here
User
08/08/2018 - 07:15
In the excel sheet im working on I can't separate the word run from the times..
User
08/08/2018 - 07:15
weird that it pasted separately hee
User
08/08/2018 - 07:15
here
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:16
Ok
User
08/08/2018 - 07:16
No idea how to go about doing this
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:16
so, you need average of column B?
User
08/08/2018 - 07:16
correct
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:17
Please make sure column B only involve with time
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:17
then I can do the average for you
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:17
For some columns it shows as date as well
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:17
That will cause certain issues
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:17
Overall, you will need to use average() function to calculate it
User
08/08/2018 - 07:18
Thats part of the problem Im having, how can i get rid of those unwanted sections?
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:19
Please click on the filter the de-select all year realted rows
User
08/08/2018 - 07:19
there we go the dates are gone
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:20
Ok
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:20
Then the average function in D1 is works!
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:20
:-)
User
08/08/2018 - 07:20
These are run times, like 18 minutes and 49 seconds
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:21
ok
User
08/08/2018 - 07:21
so i guess the average of those times is 19:20
User
08/08/2018 - 07:21
?
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:21
yes
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:21
Now it works
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:21
:-)
User
08/08/2018 - 07:21
thank you!
User
08/08/2018 - 07:21
I actually have two more sets
User
08/08/2018 - 07:21
can i send them to you?
User
08/08/2018 - 07:25
How about those?
User
08/08/2018 - 07:25
in column F
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:25
Well, you can do the same thing here
User
08/08/2018 - 07:25
right can you teach me that function? whenever i use =average on my side it wont work
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:25
But you can keep them in seperate columns
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:25
average()
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:26
in the parathesis, please include the range you need
User
08/08/2018 - 07:27
awesome thank you
User
08/08/2018 - 07:27
not sure why this is working better here
User
08/08/2018 - 07:27
but im going to copy my last set here then get out of your hair
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:27
Well, sometimes it happens
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:27
:-)
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:28
Hope you have a wonderful day
User
08/08/2018 - 07:28
you too!!
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:28
And please feel free to leave me some positive feedback
Excelchat Expert
08/08/2018 - 07:28
Welcome to got it pro!
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