Guide Section: Processing Object Data | EASAP Tree: DATA PROCESSING Branch

The STATISTICS object computes a statistic from one or more existing SCALAR's or LIST's.

The eight available statistics are as follows:

• AVERAGE - Computes the arithmetic average of all the object values
• COUNT - Returns the number of values in all the objects specified
• FIRST - Returns the first value of all the objects specified
• LAST - Returns the last value of all the objects specified
• MAXIMUM - Returns the maximum value of all the objects specified
• MINIMUM - Returns the minimum value of all the objects specified
• STANDARD DEVIATION - Computes the standard deviation of all the object values
• SUM - Computes the sum of all the object values

Statistics
Essential Parameters:
List:	Select one or more existing objects
Function:	Choice of statistics function