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The MEAN Function

The MEAN function returns a numeric value that is the arithmetic mean (average) of its arguments. The type of this function is numeric.

General Format


Syntax for General Format for the MEAN function

Arguments

  1. Argument-1 must be class numeric.

Returned Values

  1. The returned value is the arithmetic mean of the argument-1 series.
  2. The returned value is defined as the sum of the argument-1 series divided by the number of occurrences referenced by argument-1.
  3. Floating-point format is used for numeric non-integer results.