The aggregate-numbers function calculates statistical aggregations of a set of numbers. It takes one required parameter: a list of numbers to be aggregated. It also accepts one optional parameter, type, which specifies the type of aggregation to be performed.
Syntax
aggregate-numbers(numbers, type='sum')
Parameters
numbers: A list of numbers to be aggregated.type: The type of aggregation to be performed. This can be one of the following values:sum: The sum of the numbers in the list. This is the default value.average: The average (arithmetic mean) of the numbers in the list.median: The median of the numbers in the list.
Return value
The aggregate-numbers function returns a single number, which is the result of the specified aggregation.
Examples
Here are a few examples of how to use the aggregate-numbers function:
= aggregate-numbers([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], type="sum") # Returns 15 (sum of the numbers)
= aggregate-numbers([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], type='average') # Returns 3 (average of the numbers)
= aggregate-numbers([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], type='median') # Returns 3 (median of the numbers)