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<legacy_id>1369</legacy_id>

<name>average</name>

<type>function</type>

<syntax>

<example>average(<i>numbersList</i>)</example>

</syntax>

<library></library>

<objects>

</objects>

<synonyms>

<synonym>avg</synonym>

<synonym>arithmeticMean</synonym>

<synonym>mean</synonym>

</synonyms>

<classification>

<category>Math, Logic, &amp; Dates</category>

</classification>

<references>

<function tag="max">max Function</function>

<function tag="min">min Function</function>

<function tag="standardDeviation">standardDeviation Function</function>

<function tag="variance">variance Function</function>

<function tag="geometricMean">geometricMean Function</function>

<function tag="harmonicMean">harmonicMean Function</function>

<function tag="median">median Function</function>

<function tag="statRound">statRound Function</function>

<function tag="round">round Function</function>

</references>

<history>

<introduced version="1.0">Added.</introduced>

<changed version="1.1"></changed>

<changed version="6.1"></changed>

</history>

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<summary><glossary tag="return">Returns</glossary> the arithmetic mean of a list of numbers.</summary>

<examples>

<example>average(4,36,45,50,75) <code><i>-- returns 42</i></code></example>

<example>put average(importedList) into field "Arithmetic Mean"</example>

<example>put average(replaceText(field "Values",return,comma)) into avgValue</example>

</examples>

<description>

<p>Use the <b>average</b> <control_st tag="function">function</control_st> to find the <function tag="value">value</function> that best represents a group of <glossary tag="value">values</glossary>.</p><p/><p><b>Parameters:</b></p><p>The <i>numbersList</i> is a comma-separated list of numbers, or an <glossary tag="expression">expression</glossary> that <glossary tag="evaluate">evaluates</glossary> to such a list, or an <glossary tag="array">array</glossary> containing only numbers.</p><p/><p><b>Value:</b></p><p>The <b>average</b> function <glossary tag="return">returns</glossary> a number.</p><p/><p><b>Comments:</b></p><p>The average of a list of numbers is the sum of the items in the list or elements in the array, divided by the number of items or elements.</p><p/><p>The <b>average</b> <control_st tag="function">function</control_st> can also be written like this:</p><p/><p><code> sum(numbersList)/the number of items in numbersList</code></p><p/><p>If the <i>numbersList</i> is empty, the <b>average</b> <control_st tag="function">function</control_st> returns zero.</p><p/><p><b>Changes:</b></p><p>The ability to use an array was introduced in version 1.1. In previous versions, only lists of numbers could be used with the <b>average</b> <control_st tag="function">function</control_st>.</p><p>Synonyms <b>arithmeticMean</b> and <b>mean</b> were added in version 6.1 to clarify the <b>average</b> function as <i>arithmetic mean</i>.</p>

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