AverageArray (Function)

The AverageArray function calculates a standard Average of all the values within an array.

Syntax

AverageArray(PriceArray,Size)

Returns (Double)

The average of the values in a specified array..

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
PriceArray	Numeric Array	Specifies the name of a numeric array containing values upon which the average is calculated.
Size	Numeric	Sets the number of data elements (size) in the array to evaluate.

Remarks

The average is the sum of the numbers in an array divided by the number of array elements, such as (1+2+3+4+5) / 5 = 3

The value for the Size input parameter should always be a whole number greater than 0 and is typically equal to the number of data elements in the array.

The AverageArray function only works with one-dimensional arrays. The first element of the array that is used by this function is element 1. Element 0 of the array is not used.

Example

Assigns to Value1 the 10 bar moving average of the specified array.

Array: myArray[10](0);

{… (assign values to array) }

Value1 = AverageArray(myArray, 10);