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Fonction average - module numpy

Signature de la fonction average

def average(a, axis=None, weights=None, returned=False) 

Description

average.__doc__

    Compute the weighted average along the specified axis.

    Parameters
    ----------
    a : array_like
        Array containing data to be averaged. If `a` is not an array, a
        conversion is attempted.
    axis : None or int or tuple of ints, optional
        Axis or axes along which to average `a`.  The default,
        axis=None, will average over all of the elements of the input array.
        If axis is negative it counts from the last to the first axis.

        .. versionadded:: 1.7.0

        If axis is a tuple of ints, averaging is performed on all of the axes
        specified in the tuple instead of a single axis or all the axes as
        before.
    weights : array_like, optional
        An array of weights associated with the values in `a`. Each value in
        `a` contributes to the average according to its associated weight.
        The weights array can either be 1-D (in which case its length must be
        the size of `a` along the given axis) or of the same shape as `a`.
        If `weights=None`, then all data in `a` are assumed to have a
        weight equal to one.  The 1-D calculation is::

            avg = sum(a * weights) / sum(weights)

        The only constraint on `weights` is that `sum(weights)` must not be 0.
    returned : bool, optional
        Default is `False`. If `True`, the tuple (`average`, `sum_of_weights`)
        is returned, otherwise only the average is returned.
        If `weights=None`, `sum_of_weights` is equivalent to the number of
        elements over which the average is taken.

    Returns
    -------
    retval, [sum_of_weights] : array_type or double
        Return the average along the specified axis. When `returned` is `True`,
        return a tuple with the average as the first element and the sum
        of the weights as the second element. `sum_of_weights` is of the
        same type as `retval`. The result dtype follows a genereal pattern.
        If `weights` is None, the result dtype will be that of `a` , or ``float64``
        if `a` is integral. Otherwise, if `weights` is not None and `a` is non-
        integral, the result type will be the type of lowest precision capable of
        representing values of both `a` and `weights`. If `a` happens to be
        integral, the previous rules still applies but the result dtype will
        at least be ``float64``.

    Raises
    ------
    ZeroDivisionError
        When all weights along axis are zero. See `numpy.ma.average` for a
        version robust to this type of error.
    TypeError
        When the length of 1D `weights` is not the same as the shape of `a`
        along axis.

    See Also
    --------
    mean

    ma.average : average for masked arrays -- useful if your data contains
                 "missing" values
    numpy.result_type : Returns the type that results from applying the
                        numpy type promotion rules to the arguments.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> data = np.arange(1, 5)
    >>> data
    array([1, 2, 3, 4])
    >>> np.average(data)
    2.5
    >>> np.average(np.arange(1, 11), weights=np.arange(10, 0, -1))
    4.0

    >>> data = np.arange(6).reshape((3,2))
    >>> data
    array([[0, 1],
           [2, 3],
           [4, 5]])
    >>> np.average(data, axis=1, weights=[1./4, 3./4])
    array([0.75, 2.75, 4.75])
    >>> np.average(data, weights=[1./4, 3./4])
    Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
    TypeError: Axis must be specified when shapes of a and weights differ.

    >>> a = np.ones(5, dtype=np.float128)
    >>> w = np.ones(5, dtype=np.complex64)
    >>> avg = np.average(a, weights=w)
    >>> print(avg.dtype)
    complex256