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  1. ¬†Average (series) -> Number
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  4. series       Field or subfield     Data for which to return the average
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  7. Average returns the arthimetic mean (average) of series. If series is an indexed field, the index is used to find the average.
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  9. The following example sets a variable that is in the B0 Break area of an output layout. The line of code is the script for the variable. The script is not executed until the level 0 break:
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  11.        vAverage:= Average([Employees]Sales)
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  14. The following example finds the average age of an employee‚Äôs children from subfile data:
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  16.         vAverage:= Average([Employees]Children'Age)
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  20. See also: ¬†ACCUMULATE, BREAK¬†LEVEL 
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