AVERAGEIFS

Syntax:

AVERAGEIFS ( average-range , cell-range-1 , selection-criteria-1[ , cell-range-2 , selection-criteria-2 [ ,] ] )

Description: The average of the values of all cells that meet multiple criteria.

Arguments:

Name

Type

Description

average-range

reference

Designates the cells whose values are averaged. In this case, average-range need not have the same size and shape as cell-range-1 through cell-range-n. The actual cells that are added are determined by using the top, left cell in average-range as the beginning cell, and then including cells that correspond in size and shape to cell-range-1 through cell-range-n. If a cell in average-range is empty, that cell is ignored. Each cell in average-range is used in the average calculation only if all of the corresponding criteria specified are true for that cell.

cell-range-1

number, expression, reference, text

Designates the first range of cells to be inspected.

selection-criteria-1

reference, text

selection-criteria-1 specifies the criteria for the first range of cells that will be averaged. In the case of text, selection-criteria-1 can consist of any comparison operator followed by the operand against which each cell's value is to be compared. If a cell in any selection criteria range is empty, it is treated as if its value was 0. Cells that contain TRUE evaluate to  1; cells in any range that contain FALSE evaluate to 0. selection-criteria-1 can include one or more wildcard characters, question mark (?) and asterisk (*). A question mark matches any single character; an asterisk matches any sequence of characters. To search for a question mark, asterisk, or tilde character, prefix that character with a tilde (~).

cell-range-n

number, expression, reference, text

The optional arguments selection-criteria-2 through selection-criteria-n have corresponding arguments cell-range-2 through cell-range-n, and have the same semantics as selection-criteria-1 and cell-range-1, respectively.

selection-criteria-n

reference, text

Return Type and Value: number – The average of the cells corresponding to those selected.

However, if

  • Cells in average-range are empty or contain text values that cannot be translated into numbers, the return value is unspecified.

  • There are no cells that meet all the criteria, the return value is unspecified.

example:

A

B

C

D

1

Student

First Quiz Grade

Second Quiz Grade

Final Exam Grade

2

Emilio

75

85

87

3

Julie

94

80

88

4

Hans

86

93

Incomplete

5

Frederique

Incomplete

75

75

AVERAGEIFS(B2:B5,B2:B5,">70",B2:B5,"<90") results in 80.5 (the average for all students all first quiz grades that are between 70 and 90)

AVERAGEIFS(D2:D5,D2:D5,"<>Incomplete",D2:D5,">80") results in 87.5 (the average for all students all first quiz grades that are above 80 and not marked "Incomplete")

AVERAGEIFS(B2:D5,B2:B5,"<>Incomplete",C2:C5,"<>Incomplete",D2:D5, "<>Incomplete") results in 82.375 (the average grades for all students who do not have incomplete grades)]