MEAN

Purpose:

Calculates the mean value of a series.

MEAN(series, first, points)

series	-	Optional. A series, defaults to the current Window.
first	-	Optional. An integer, the first point to include in the calculation of the mean. Defaults to 1.
points	-	Optional. An integer, the number of points to include in the mean calculation. Defaults to the number of points from first to the end of the series.

A real.

mean(gsin(200,0.01))

returns -5.592748E-016.

mean(gsin(200,0.01),1,50)

returns 0.636410.

The sample mean is define as:

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MEAN operates on Real or Complex series.

See COLMEAN to determine the mean of each column of an array.

MEAN ignores NaN values.