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This seems pretty simple but I can't find how to do it.

I keep a Google Sheet where I add several times a day new lines as following :

  | A     | B   | C   |
  | ---   | --- | --- |
1 | John  | 10  | 50  |
2 | Peter | 20  | 70  | 
3 | John  | 14  |     |
4 | Peter | 12  | 82  |
5 | John  | 5   | 55  |

I'm trying to get the average rating of the last N lines for a given name. That way I can send a report to "name" every now and then with an average of his N last ratings.

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Explanation:

Use a query to get the last N entries of a particular name and then get the average based on column C.

The trick here is to reverse the matrix: sort(A1:C5,ROW(A1:A5),False) so you get the last N rows.

Solution:

=INDEX(QUERY(
     QUERY(sort(A1:C5,ROW(A1:A5),False),"select * where Col1 contains 'John' limit 2"),
"select avg(Col2),avg(Col3)"),2,0)

this will calculate both the averages of the last N (2) entries of a particular name:

Example: Peter last 2 entries:

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Example: John last 2 entries:

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  • Thanks for your answer, but it's not exactly what I need. this will calculate the average for John for N larger than 3, but I need the average of exactly John last N grades. Different names don't have same number of grades so if I can't specify 'last 30 grades' it will return me more grade for 1 pupil than for another, and I need exactly the average of the last 30. – Francis Kabalou Jan 8 at 15:36
  • @FrancisKabalou check again the answer. – Marios Jan 8 at 15:46
  • Instead of 3 and John you can use input from other cells by using their reference. – Marios Jan 8 at 15:55
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    wow, works perfectly ! Thanks a lot for taking the time to help me. – Francis Kabalou Jan 8 at 16:57
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    That is great @Marios One could also consider taking the parameters out of the formula. – marikamitsos Jan 8 at 17:37

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