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Using the series functions

The Series functions perform operations on lists. The Series list contains the
following functions:

Function

Abbreviation

Description

Summation

Sum(list)

Returns the sum of the entries in the list

Minimum

Min(list)

Returns the smallest value in the list

Maximum

Max(list)

Returns the largest value in the list

Mean

Mean(list)

Returns the arithmetic mean

Median

Median(list)

Returns the median

Mode

Mode(list)

Returns the value that occurs most
frequently in the list, or multiple values if they
occur with equal frequency

Variance

Variance(list)

Returns the mean of the squared deviations

Standard deviation

StDev(list)

Returns the positive square root of the
variance

Sort

Sort(list)

Sorts the entries in the list from smallest
to largest

Size

Size(list)

Returns the number of elements in the list

Element

Element(list,index)

Returns the indexth entry in the list
Note: index starts with 0 for the first entry

For more information on lists, see Chapter 4, “Creating and Using Lists.”

Examples

y(x) = Sum([3,sin(x),trunc(x/2)])

element([1,2,3,4,5,6],2) -> 3

mean([0,1,2,3,4,5,6])

mode([0,0,1,2,3,4,5,5,6]) ->[0,5]

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