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    Using "Greater than" in an AverageIFS formula

    I use Excel 2007, and have the following formula in a fairly large spreadsheet.

    =(AVERAGEIFS($DQ$2:$DQ$949726,$AO$2:$AO$949726,$F$3,$AV$2:$AV$949726,$A$60,$CF$2:$CF$949726,">0",$AH$2:$AH$949726,$C$5,$AH$2:$AH$949726,$C$6,$BA$2:$BA$949726,1,$AU$2:$AU$949726,$B$7,$AU$2:$AU$949726,$B$8,$AU$2:$AU$949726,$B$9)/220)

    This works correctly. However I want to change the $CF$2:$CF$949726,">0", part of the formula. The new part I want is $CF$2:$CF$949726,">$e$25",. Unfortunately when I do this I get the ~DIV/0! error, presumably because cell e25 is a variable numeric entry. If I put in the actual number the result is fine.

    Does anybody know a workround for this?

    Many thanks

    chrisb

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    Re: Using "Greater than" in an AverageIFS formula

    Instead of ">$e$25" use ">"&$E$25

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    Re: Using "Greater than" in an AverageIFS formula

    Hi and welcome to the board

    Maybe ">"&$e$25

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    Re: Using "Greater than" in an AverageIFS formula

    It's easy now, Arthur, when you saw my solution :P

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    Re: Using "Greater than" in an AverageIFS formula

    Many thanks to both of you, perfect.
    I won't ask why it works!

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    Re: Using "Greater than" in an AverageIFS formula

    Sure you can.

    E5 is a reference. When you put qoutes (" ") around it then "E5" become text.

    So every time you want to use some cell as reference it must be OUT OF quotes.
    And every time you want to use TEXT it must be IN the quotes.

    5 is number. "5" is text.
    C3 is cell. "C3" is text. (Maybe Citroen C3).

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    Re: Using "Greater than" in an AverageIFS formula

    Quote Originally Posted by arthurbr View Post
    Well, you didn't greet a newcomer, so I thought I'd show you how it should be done
    It's polite to greet first when you came in, not expecting that from people inside

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    Re: Using "Greater than" in an AverageIFS formula

    Thanks zbor. I knew about the " " turning number/reference to text, I didn't realise you could effectively combine the two formats.

    Thanks again.

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