Apple Newton Works Graphing Calculator User Manual
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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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