Jan. 14, 2004
7:53 p.m.
"Raymond Hettinger" <raymond.hettinger@verizon.net> wrote in message news:00cf01c3da0e$b3a2e3e0$6e02a044@oemcomputer...
I'm working a module with some accumulation/reduction/statistical formulas:
average(iterable)
"Average" is a notoriously vague word. Prefer "mean" -- which opens the door for "median" and "mode" to join the party. I could have used a stats module a few months ago -- feels like a bit of an omission from the standard library, especially compared against the richness of the random module. James