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    most recent average value

    Column B values are the average of the most recent five values in column A.
    The formula in Cell C1 is “=B7” so that the value in C1 is 1.17.
    My question is: When I place a value in cell A8, which will result in the average of the five numbers in column A4-A8 being placed in cell B8 how do I make the value in C1 change to be the value which is in cell B8 rather than the value which is in cell B7?
    Note: I just want to be able to pick up the most recent average value – the
    method whereby it is done is of no consequence. However I cannot think
    of an alternative.
    A B C
    1 1.17
    2 2.12
    3 1.02
    4 1.26
    5 0.84
    6 1.33 1.31 1.31=average of the five numbers in column A2-A6
    7 1.39 1.17 1.17=average of the five numbers in column A3-A7
    8 --- ---
    Last edited by Joe Miller; 12-23-2008 at 01:05 PM.

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    Try:

    =Lookup(9.99999999e+307,B:B)
    Where there is a will there are many ways.

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    Hi,

    One way

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    Please ignore: I tried to cancel this

    I tried to cancel this because the formatting got lost when it got submitted so that now it is gibberish. I MUST go now but will log on again today to try to staighten this out. Sorry for the confusion.

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    Thanks, both of you guys [or girls, or whatever]

    Thanks, both of you guys.
    The Forum is great and so are you. People like you save me hours of research. It would be nice to be reasonably knowledgable in everything I do but there just is not enough time. Anyhow, thanks again.

    I think I saw somewhere where I should mark this "answered". How do I do that? - in case I can't figure it out. I am going to try to figure it out now.

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