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AVERAGEA

Returns the average of the arguments, including text (valued as 0).

Syntax:

AVERAGEA(value1; value2; ... value30)

value1 to value30 are up to 30 values or ranges, which may include numbers, text and logical values. Text is evaluated as 0. Logical values are evaluated as 1 (TRUE) and 0 (FALSE).

Example:

AVERAGEA(2; 6; 4)

returns 4, the average of the three numbers in the list.

AVERAGEA(B1:B3)

where cells B1, B2, B3 contain 4, 2, and apple returns 2, the average of 4 and 2 and 0.

AVERAGEA(2; TRUE)

returns 1.5, the average of 2 and 1.