Hello,



i have range of cells (column A). I want to count average from data from Column A in column B, but the range of average should be able to change based on my input in cell C2. It means when i input number 3 in C2, it should count average of 3 cells from column A, if i input 10 in C2, it should count average of 10 cells etc. Based on my input in cell C1 the formulas in column B would use different data set to be processed.

Basically column A has data, column B has formulas to be changed based on input of cell C2

Is somehow possible to do that in excel formulas? Or it is inevitable to use VBA?

I would appreciate if somebody has any advice. I have attached excel sheet.

Thank you

Filip

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Excel Average.xlsx (9.5 KB, 13 views)

You do not say where the range should begin. Should it always start in A2 ?
Then =AVERAGE($A$2:INDEX($A$2:$A$12;C2))

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It should start in A2 but the formula should affect whole range, i mean if i copy AVERAGE($A$2:INDEX($A$2:$A$12;C2)) to C5, C6, C7 etc.. it is still fixed on A2, and does not move down.. i mean the average is fixed on the 1st cell displaying average of previous values, but is not copied down does not displaying averages of followed cells.

I guess should i use two index function within average formula? So the average is counted at each followed cell in column C based on C2 value?

Try this in B2 =IF((ROW()-$C$2)>0,AVERAGE($A2:INDEX($A$2:$A$12,ROW()-$C$2)),"") and pull down as needed

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Into B2 enter the formula
=AVERAGE(OFFSET($A$1;ROW()-1;;;$C$2-1;1)
and copy down.

I would use (in B2 and copy down)

=IF(ROW(2:2)-$C$2<0;"";AVERAGE(OFFSET($A$2;ROWS($1:1);;-$C$2)))

on condition you use semicolon as argument separator.

Why use a volatile function when one can do without it?

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@Pecoflyer

My apologies if it is me you write to.
I tried your formula and couldn't get it to work at first. Now I see it was due to the fact that you use a § instead of $ in your formula. When I corrected that it works fine, and I agree in your comment on volatile functions.

Thanks Xor for pointing this out. I had to look three times before I saw it.
Strangest thing is I just copy/pasted the formula form Openoffice ( and changed the ; to ,)
(Sometimes Linux does strange things)

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Exactly the same for me. I then used the Formula Evaluator and could see that it was somewhere in the INDEX part that something went wrong but couldn't find the error. That's the reason that I decided to use OFFSET.

thank you all for help, it works great

Also a Linux guy ( or lady)?

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No, not a Linux guy. I just meant that I took me some time to catch the §-thing even if I from the Formula Evaluator could see that it was the INDEX-part of the formula that gave a #NAME?-error. Normally I would also have used the INDEX-function, but as I initially couldn't catch the error, I turned to OFFSET.