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  1. 10-06-2013, 12:37 PM #1
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    Calculating the average for numbers with special characters.

    Hi All...

    I can't be thankful enough to the members of this forum for helping me enhance my excel skills. I wonder if someone can help me out with the problem i am facing right now. I want to calculate the average for numbers in around 100 cells but the numbers are with special characters "▼","▲" as it is a dashboard. I am sure its a simple trick which i cannot figure out. Your help is much appreciated

    Here is a simple illustration what i want.

    9.20 ▼
    10.50▲
    11.34▲
    6.54 ▼
    so the required result should be. 9.40
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    Re: Calculating the average for numbers with special characters.

    Try
    =SUMPRODUCT((SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1:A4,"▼",""),"▲","")*1))/COUNTA(A1:A4)

    or this array formula
    =AVERAGE((TRIM(LEFT(A1:A4,LEN(A1:A4)-1))*1))

    ...confirmed by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to activate the array, not just ENTER. You will know the array is active when you see curly braces { } appear around your formula. If you do not CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER you will get an error or a clearly incorrect answer. Press F2 on that cell and try again.
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    Re: Calculating the average for numbers with special characters.

    You can use this formula to extract numbers from the cell

    =VALUE(MID(A2,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"0123456789")),SUM(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},"")))))

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    2
    		 9.20 ▼
    9.2
    3
    		 10.50▲
    10.5
    4
    		 11.34▲*
    11.3
    5
    		 6.54 ▼
    6.5
    6
    9.4
    7
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    Re: Calculating the average for numbers with special characters.

    Thanks a lot guys it worked like a charm.....you guys are awesome
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    Re: Calculating the average for numbers with special characters.

    You're welcome and thank you for the feedback!
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