.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: mean

.. _mean:

mean
====

.. us.tag  mean ENGLISH  math-base

:ref:`mean` returns the mean of its parameter. When the argument is a matrix, a
row vector will be created containing the mean values of the matrix columns.

.. function::  rvMean = mean(rmMat)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*rvMean* is the mean of the vector *rmMat*.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: rmMat

   *rmMat* is a real or complex vector or matrix.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   * mean([1,2,3])
     2

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-mathematic`,
   :ref:`sum`

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