Manuals/calci/DAVERAGE

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. "Price") or 'column number' (e.g. 3, if Price 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, Quantity, Price and Percentage Profit.

Item	Quantity	Price	Profit
Pen	>10
Item	Quantity	Price	Profit
Pen	10	40	2
Pencil	20	30	1
Books	15	75	5
Pen	30	50	4

= DAVERAGE(A3:D7,"Price",A1:B2) : Calculates the average price of Pens in the range A3 to D7, for the cells with Quantity>10. Returns 66.66499999999999 as a result.

= DAVERAGE(A3:D7,2,A1:B2) : Calculates the average number of Pens in the range A3 to D7, for the cells with Quantity>10. Returns 21 as a result.

= DAVERAGE(A3:D7,"Quantity",A3:B7) : Calculates the average number of all items in the range A3 to D7. Returns 21.75 as a result.

= DAVERAGE(A3:D7,4,A4:B7) : Calculates the average profit of all the items in the range A3 to D7. Returns 3 as a result.