Average

Average(DBField a)

The function is used to get the average value of the values referred to by the argument.

Parameter

a - Values of DBField or formula field. Can be Number or Currency data type.

Return value

The return value can be Number or Currency.

Examples

• Number x = Average(@dbfield)
• Number x = Average(@formula)
• Currency x = Average(@dbfield)
• Currency x = Average(@formula)

Average(DBField a, String groupby)

This function is used to get the average value of values referred to by the argument.

Parameters

• a - Values of DBField or formula field. Can be Number or Currency data type.
• groupby - A constant string to indicate the groupby field name or a field variable grouped by or a parameter variable grouped by.

Return value

The result value can be Number or Currency, and is depent on the data type of the first argument respectively.

Examples

• Number x = Average(@dbfield, @dbfield_groupby)
• Number x = Average(@dbfield, @formula_groupby)
• Number x = Average(@dbfield, @parameter_groupby)
• Currency x = Average(@formula, "group_field")
• Currency x = Average(@formula, @formula_groupby)
• Currency x = Average(@formula, @parameter_groupby)

Average(Number a[])

This function computes the average of all the values in the array.

Parameter

a - A Number or Currency array.

Return value

The return value is a Number or a Currency.

Examples

• The return value of the following statement is 13.5.

  Number x = Average([ 11,12,13,14,15,16 ])

• The return value of the following statement is -13.5.

  Number x = Average([ -11, -12, -13, -14, -15, -16 ])

• The return value of the following statement is 11.265.

  Number x = Average([ 11.25,11.26,11.27,11.28 ])

• The return value of the following statement is -11.265.

  Number x = Average([ -11.25, -11.26, -11.27, -11.28 ])

• The return value of the following statement is 5.75.

  Currency x = Average([ $5.6, $5.7, $5.8, $5.9 ])

• The return value of the following statement is -5.75.

  Currency x = Average([ -$5.6, -$5.7, -$5.8, -$5.9 ])