Average Negatives and ignore 0

The Animal

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Hi
I have a range of cells Q5,V5,AA5,AF5 etc that are all negative values but some are zero or blank.
I need a formula that gives me an average of the selected cells but ignoring the zero or blank cells in the averaging.

Any help would be great

Thanks Stephen
 

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Try this formula

=IFERROR(SUM( Q5,V5,AA5,AF5)/((Q5<0)+(V5<0)+(AA5<0)+(AF5<0)),"")
 
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Thanks so much Barry.
There is a number of cells used in the calculation which are each 4th cell (G5,V5,AA5,AF5 etc) starting at Q5 and finishing at JL5.
Is there a way where the formula can use each 4th cell from Q5:JL5 instead of having to include each cell ((Q5<0)+(V5<0)+(AA5<0)+(AF5<0)) etc in the formula?
Thanks again Stephen
 
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