Disregard 0 in an average calc

MRomanow

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I have 14 cells that I paste in numbers from another program. I then have a formula that calculates the average of these 14 numbers. Sometimes the numbers that I copy and paste include a few zeros in them. How can I get the average calculation to disregard these zeros?
 

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use

=AVERAGE(IF(range,range))

confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

or with just ENTER

=SUM(range)/SUMPRODUCT(--(range<>0))
 
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Try

=AVERAGE(IF(A1:A10<>0,A1:A10,FALSE))

Confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER, not just Enter

Adjust range to suit.
 
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Hi,

an alternative without using [Ctl-Shift-enter] is
=SUM(A1:A10)/COUNTIF(A1:A10,"<>0")
 
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