Using a function to calculate and average

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Josh Dray
Josh Dray on 3 Aug 2018
Commented: Adam Danz on 3 Aug 2018
I'm attempting to use a function to take in 12 inputs from the user and calculate an average of the inputs, the output should then be to output a 'pass' or 'fail' comment depending on the average being above/below a certain value.
The main issue I'm having is doing this within a function as writing a program for this in a script would not be a problem, however, I think my base understanding of how a function operates is not quite there despite reading up on all I can find about utilizing functions to do something like this.
Not looking for a specific solution but any aid in helping me understand how to solve this would be ideal, thanks!
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Adam
Adam on 3 Aug 2018
Just put your 12 inputs into an array and pass them to the function as an argument:
function result = calculate( inputs )
...
end
and the body of your function can be just as you would do it in a script. Dealing with 12 individual arguments would be silly so putting them in an array is much easier and makes the averaging a simple one line command.
Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 3 Aug 2018
Reading through this might help and focus on the examples of how Matlab's 'mean' function works.

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