mean

Syntax

mean(X)

Arguments

X is a scalar/vector/matrix.

Details

Calculate the average of X.

If X is a matrix, calculate the average of each column and return a vector.

The calculation skips NULL values.

Examples

$ x=1 5 9;
$ mean(x);
5

$ x=1 5 9 NULL;
$ mean(x);
5

$ avg(x);
5

$ m=matrix(1 2 3, 4 5 6);
$ m;

#0

#1

1

4

2

5

3

6

$ mean(m);
[2,5]

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