Filemaker Pro 8.5 Educational Maintenance T3 TJ083LL/A User Manual

Average(field{;field...})

field - any 

, 

; or an 

that returns a field, repeating field, or set of non-repeating fields.
Parameters in curly braces { } are optional.

number

Returns a value that is the average of all valid, non-blank values in field, where field 

can be any of the following: 
•

a repeating field (repeatingField).

•

a field in matching 

 specified by (table::field), whether or not 

.

•

several non-repeating fields in a record(field1;field2;field3...).

•

corresponding repetitions of repeating fields in a record 
(repeatingField1;repeatingField2;repeatingField3), if the result is 

returned in a repeating field with at least the same number of repeats.

•

several fields in the first matching record specified by 
(table::field1;table::field2;...). You can include fields from different 

 (table 1::field A;table 2::field B...).

A Student table has a portal showing scores for all exams a student has taken. The exam 
scores are in a table called Exams.

Average(Exams::Score) returns the student’s average score for all exams she has 

taken.
In the following examples:
• Field1 contains two repetitions with values of 1 and 2. 
• Field2 contains four repetitions with values of 5, 6, 7, and 8. 
• Field3 contains 6. 

Average(Field2) returns 

 when the calculation isn’t a repeating field.

Average(Field1;Field2;Field3) returns 

, 

, 

, 

 when the calculation is a 

repeating field.