# AVERAGEEXNEG

The AVERAGEEXNEG function returns the average (arithmetic mean) of its arguments excluding negatives, which can be numbers or node references.

### Syntax

AVERAGEEXNEG(value1, ...valueN?) - > number

### Arguments

<table><thead><tr><th width="130.6657263751763">Arguments</th><th width="140">Datatype</th><th width="512">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>value1</td><td>Number/Node reference</td><td>The first node or number to be averaged. This is a required argument.</td></tr><tr><td>...valueN?</td><td>Number/Node reference</td><td>The additional nodes or numbers to be averaged. These are optional arguments.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Example&#x20;

Consider Profit of a particular product across different regions East, South, Central and West to be as follows. Assume if Profit for a particular period is negative, the product was withdrawn from the market and hence that region need not be considered for calculating average Profit.

<figure><img src="/files/hMMM1yLURxQqk2H4WSJU" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

To achieve this, the following formula should be written in the \[Average Sales] node:

<mark style="color:blue;">**`AVERAGEEXNEG`**</mark>**`(`**<mark style="color:purple;">**`[East]`**</mark>**`,`**<mark style="color:orange;">**`[South]`**</mark>**`,`**<mark style="color:red;">**`[Central]`**</mark>**`,`**<mark style="color:green;">**`[West]`**</mark>**`)`**

### Result

<figure><img src="/files/WZKkxnKkb986RTXR72n8" alt=""><figcaption><p><strong>Average Excluding Negative</strong></p></figcaption></figure>


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