The AVERAGE function returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.
Examples
Sample usage
Returns the numerical average value in a data column.
Sample usage
AVERAGE(table_name!price)
Syntax
AVERAGE(column)
column
: The data column to consider when calculating the average value.
Tip: Averaging multiple columns is not supported.
Sample usage
AVERAGE(A2:A100,B2:B100,4,26)
AVERAGE(1,2,3,4,5,C6:C20)
Syntax
AVERAGE(value1, [value2, ...])
-
value1
– The first value or range to consider when calculating the average value. -
value2, ...
– [ OPTIONAL ] – Additional values or ranges to consider when calculating the average value.
Notes
-
Although
AVERAGE
is specified as taking a maximum of 30 arguments, Google Sheets supports an arbitrary number of arguments for this function. -
Any text encountered in the
value
arguments will be ignored. To have text values considered as0
values, useAVERAGEA
. -
AVERAGE
returns the mean of the combinedvalue
arguments; that is, the sum of the values in thevalue
arguments divided by the number of such values. To calculate the median useMEDIAN
.
See also
TRIMMEAN
: Calculates the mean of a data set excluding some proportion of data from the high and low ends of the data set.
SMALL
: Returns the nth smallest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.
RANK
: Returns the rank of a specified value in a data set.
QUARTILE
: Returns a value nearest to a specified quartile of a data set.
PERCENTRANK
: Returns the percentage rank (percentile) of a specified value in a data set.
PERCENTILE
: Returns the value at a given percentile of a data set.
MINA
: Returns the minimum numerical value in a data set.
MIN
: Returns the minimum value in a numerical data set.
MEDIAN
: Returns the median value in a numerical data set.
MAXA
: Returns the maximum numerical value in a data set.
LARGE
: Returns the nth largest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.
HARMEAN
: Calculates the harmonic mean of a data set.
GEOMEAN
: Calculates the geometric mean of a data set.
AVERAGEA
: Returns the numerical average value in a data set.