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Enumerable.Average Method (IEnumerable<Nullable<Decimal>>)

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Computes the average of a sequence of nullable Decimal values.

Namespace:  System.Linq
Assembly:  System.Core (in System.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function Average ( _
    source As IEnumerable(Of Nullable(Of Decimal)) _
) As Nullable(Of Decimal)

public static Nullable<decimal> Average(
    this IEnumerable<Nullable<decimal>> source
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Nullable<Decimal>
The average of the sequence of values, or nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the source sequence is empty or contains only values that are nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerable<Nullable<Decimal>>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

source is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
OverflowException

The sum of the elements in the sequence is larger than MaxValue.

Remarks

In Visual Basic query expression syntax, an Aggregate Into Average() clause translates to an invocation of Average.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use Average(IEnumerable<Nullable<Int64>>) to calculate an average.

NoteNote:

This code example uses an overload of this overloaded method that is different from the specific overload that this topic describes. To extend the example to this topic, substitute the elements of the source sequence with elements of the appropriate numerical type.

 
      ' Create an array of nullable long values.
      Dim longs() As Nullable(Of Long) = {Nothing, 10007L, 37L, 399846234235L}

      ' Determine the average value in the array.
      Dim avg As Nullable(Of Double) = longs.Average()

      ' Display the output.
      outputBlock.Text &= "The average is " & avg.ToString & vbCrLf

      ' This code produces the following output:
      '
      ' The average is 133282081426.333


      long?[] longs = { null, 10007L, 37L, 399846234235L };

      double? average = longs.Average();

      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The average is {0}.", average) + "\n";

      // This code produces the following output:
      //
      // The average is 133282081426.333.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.