Calculating arithmetic mean (one type of average) in Python

Question

 Is there a built-in or standard library method in Python to calculate the arithmetic mean (one type of average) of a list of numbers?

Answer 1

You can use the below-mentioned code for calculating arithmetic mean in Python:-

def mean(numbers): 

return float(sum(numbers)) / max(len(numbers), 1) 

>>> mean([1,2,3,4]) 

2.5 

>>> mean([]) 

0.0

To know more about this you can have a look at the following video tutorial:-