AVERAGE

The AVERAGE function returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.

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AVERAGE for BigQuery

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.

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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 as 0 values, use AVERAGEA.

• AVERAGE returns the mean of the combined value arguments; that is, the sum of the values in the value arguments divided by the number of such values. To calculate the median use MEDIAN.

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.