Arithmetic Mean

Description

Generic function for the (trimmed) arithmetic mean.

NOTE: This man page is for the mean S4 generic function defined in the BiocGenerics package. See ?base::mean for the default method (defined in the base package). Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects (typically vector-like) not supported by the default method.

Usage

mean(x, ...)

Arguments

Value

See ?base::mean for the value returned by the default method.

Specific methods defined in Bioconductor packages will typically return an object of the same class as the input object.

See Also

• base::mean for the default mean method.

• showMethods for displaying a summary of the methods defined for a given generic function.

• selectMethod for getting the definition of a specific method.

• mean,Rle-method in the S4Vectors package for an example of a specific mean method (defined for Rle objects).

• BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.

Examples

mean
showMethods("mean")
selectMethod("mean", "ANY")  # the default method