DAVERAGE(database,field,criteria)
- Where 'database' is the range of cells that makes up the list or database
- 'field' shows which column is used in the function and
- 'criteria' is the range of cells that contains the specified criteria.
- DAVERAGE() averages the values in a column of a list or database that match the specified criteria.
Description
DAVERAGE(database, field, criteria)
It averages the values in a column of a list or database that match the specified condition.
- The argument 'field' is optional. If not mentioned, the function averages all the values from database that match the criteria.
- A 'column name' in quotes (e.g. "Salary") or 'column number' (e.g. 3, if Salary is 3rd column) can be used as 'field' argument.
- Criteria can be any range on the 'Calci' with minimum of one column and at least one row indicating the condition.
- The Criteria columns should not overlap the list of data.
- DCOUNT() can be used to count the cells having numbers from a list or database that match a specified criteria.
- DCOUNTA() can be used to count the number of non-blank cells from a list of database that match a specified criteria.
Examples
Consider the following table with Stationary Items, Count, Price and Profit.
| Stationary Items | Count | Price | Profit |
| Pen | <30 | >10 | |
| Stationary Items | Count | Price | Profit |
| Pen | 10 | 40 | 10 |
| Pencil | 20 | 30 | 15 |
| Books | 15 | 75 | 20 |
| Pen | 30 | 50 | 48.3333 |