avg

Computes the average of all the input points regardless of dimensionality.

Synopsis

	function avg(
		x : numeric
	)

Arguments

x
An array of one or more numeric values of any dimensionality.

Description

Returns the average of the input regardless of dimensionality. avg ignores missing values (x@_FillValue). To determine the number of data points used to calculate the average use: 
   N = num(.not.ismissing(x))

Example

The following is a simplistic example that demonstrates how avg works. Try running this example and print out the values to get a better idea of how avg works. 
begin
;
; Create example array
;
  a = (/ (/1,2,3/), (/4,5,6/), (/7,-999,9/)/)
  a@_FillValue = -999

;
; Compute average
;
  average = avg(a)
  n = num(.not.ismissing(a))
  print(average)
  print(n)  

end

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