math avg
For math.
Returns the average of a list of numbers.
Command Type
built-in
Signature
> math avg {flags} ...rest
Parameters
...rest: The cell-paths/columns to operate on.
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| list<duration> | duration |
| duration | duration |
| list<filesize> | filesize |
| filesize | filesize |
| list<number> | number |
| number | number |
| range | number |
| table | record |
| record | record |
Examples
Compute the average of a list of numbers.
> [-50 100.0 25] | math avg
25.0Compute the average of a list of durations.
> [2sec 1min] | math avg
31secCompute the average of each column in a table.
> [[a b]; [1 2] [3 4]] | math avg
╭───┬───╮
│ a │ 2 │
│ b │ 3 │
╰───┴───╯Compute the average of list-valued columns in a record.
> {alice: [1 2 3], bob: [4 5 6]} | math avg
╭───────┬───╮
│ alice │ 2 │
│ bob │ 5 │
╰───────┴───╯Compute the average of a single column using a cell path.
> {alice: [1 2 3], bob: [4 5 6]} | math avg alice
╭───────┬───────────╮
│ alice │ 2 │
│ │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│ bob │ │ 0 │ 4 │ │
│ │ │ 1 │ 5 │ │
│ │ │ 2 │ 6 │ │
│ │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───────┴───────────╯Ported from nushell/nushell.github.io. Copyright (c) 2021 Nushell Project. MIT License.