mode

Syntax

mode(X)

Arguments

X is a scalar/vector/matrix.

Details

If X is a vector, calculate the most frequently occurring value in X.

If X is a matrix, calculate the most frequently occurring value in each column of X and return a vector.

As with all aggregate functions, NULL values are not included in the calculation.

Examples

$ mode 2;
2

$ mode 1 3 3 3 4 5 5;
3

$ mode `test;
test

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

#0

#1

1

4

1

4

2

5

2

6

2

6

3

6

$ mode m;
[2,6]

Related functions: mean and med