Enumerable.Average(Of TSource) Method (IEnumerable(Of TSource), Func(Of TSource, Int64))

.NET Framework (current version)

Computes the average of a sequence of Int64 values that are obtained by invoking a transform function on each element of the input sequence.

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

Syntax

C++

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function Average(Of TSource) (
	source As IEnumerable(Of TSource),
	selector As Func(Of TSource, Long)
) As Double

Parameters

source: Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of TSource)
A sequence of values to calculate the average of.

selector: Type: System.Func(Of TSource, Int64)
A transform function to apply to each element.

Return Value

Type: System.Double

The average of the sequence of values.

Type Parameters

TSource: The type of the elements of source.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	source or selector is null.
InvalidOperationException	source contains no elements.
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(Of TSource)(IEnumerable(Of TSource), Func(Of TSource, Int64)) to calculate an average.

' Create an array of strings.
Dim numbers() As String = {"10007", "37", "299846234235"}

' Determine the average number after converting each
' string to an Int64 value.
Dim avg As Double =
numbers.Average(Function(number) Convert.ToInt64(number))

' Display the output.
MsgBox("The average is " & avg)

' This code produces the following output:
'
' The average is 99948748093

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1