Note that examples are sorted only for convenience.
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Function details
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+Note: The functions do not require the data given to them to be sorted.
+However, for reading convenience, most of the examples show sorted sequences.
+
.. function:: mean(data)
Return the sample arithmetic mean of *data*, a sequence or iterator of