DAVERAGE

Excel Functions

Get average from matching records

Syntax

EXCEL

=DAVERAGE(database, field, criteria)

Arguments

Parameter	Description
`database`	Database range including headers.
`field`	Field name or index to count.
`criteria`	Criteria range including headers.

Return Value

The average value in a given field

Details

The Excel DAVERAGE function gets the average in a given field for a subset of records that match criteria. The database argument is a range of cells that includes field headers, field is the name or index of the field to get a max value from, and criteria is a range of cells with headers that match those in database. Using the example above, you can get the average value from the field "Price" for records where the color is "red" and quantity is > 2 with these formulas: The criteria can include a variety of expressions, including some wildcards. The table below shows some examples: Note: support for wildcards is a little different wildcards with COUNTIFS, SUMIFS, MATCH etc. For example, the pattern ??? will match strings with 3 exactly characters in these more recent functions, but not in

Examples

Example 1

Using the example above, you can get the average value from the field "Price" for records where the color is "red" and quantity is > 2 with these form