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FUNCTIONS / AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS

avg

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Computes the average (arithmetic mean) of all the non-null input values.

Signatures & examples

avg ( smallint ) → numeric
Computes the average (arithmetic mean) of all the non-null input values.
avg ( integer ) → numeric
Computes the average (arithmetic mean) of all the non-null input values.
avg ( bigint ) → numeric
Computes the average (arithmetic mean) of all the non-null input values.
avg ( numeric ) → numeric
Computes the average (arithmetic mean) of all the non-null input values.
avg ( real ) → double precision
Computes the average (arithmetic mean) of all the non-null input values.
avg ( double precision ) → double precision
Computes the average (arithmetic mean) of all the non-null input values.
avg ( interval ) → interval
Computes the average (arithmetic mean) of all the non-null input values.
Version history 2
  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 9.3 → 9.4changed

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