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    Difference colons vs. commas in functions

    Hi everybody and thank you for all the good tips,

    I used to work a lot with trimmean and when I want add more cells from different locations I use ":"

    I realized yesterday that

    =AVERAGE($B$105:$B$146:$B$148:$B$181:$B$183:$B$217:$B$219:$B$291:$B$293:$B$304:$B$306:$B$346:$B$348:$B$388:$B$390:$B$392:$B$394:$B$448:$B$450:$B$475)
    gives me 10.926

    =AVERAGE($B$105:$B$146,$B$148:$B$181,$B$183:$B$217,$B$219:$B$291,$B$293:$B$304,$B$306:$B$346,$B$348:$B$388,$B$390:$B$392,$B$394:$B$448,$B$450:$B$475)
    gives me 5.975
    'Exactly the same array of cells but in one I use ":" to separate my cells and in the other one I use ",".

    Why these two formulas do not give me the same result? if they are different, how can I use a formula like trimmean, which allow two entries only (separated by a comma), and still be able to select many cells from different locations?

    Thank you for your help,

    Julien
    Last edited by Micdis; 03-16-2012 at 09:01 PM.

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