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numpy.MaskedArray.average() function is used to return the weighted average of array over the given axis.

Syntax : numpy.ma.average(arr, axis=None, weights=None, returned=False)

Parameters:

arr :[ array_like] Input masked array whose data to be averaged. Masked entries are not taken into account in the computation.
axis :[ int, optional] Axis along which to average arr. If None, averaging is done over the flattened array.
weights : [array_like, optional] The importance that each element has in the computation of the average. If weights=None, then all data in arr are assumed to have a weight equal to one. If weights is complex, the imaginary parts are ignored.
returned :[ bool, optional] It indicates whether a tuple (result, sum of weights) should be returned as output (True), or just the result (False). Default is False.

Return : [ scalar or MaskedArray] The average along the specified axis. When returned is True, return a tuple with the average as the first element and the sum of the weights as the second element.

Code #1 :




# Python program explaining
# numpy.MaskedArray.average() method 
    
# importing numpy as geek  
# and numpy.ma module as ma 
import numpy as geek 
import numpy.ma as ma 
    
# creating input array  
in_arr = geek.array([[1, 2], [ 3, -1], [ 5, -3]])
print ("Input array : ", in_arr) 
    
# Now we are creating a masked array. 
# by making  entry as invalid.  
mask_arr = ma.masked_array(in_arr, mask =[[1, 0], [ 1, 0], [ 0, 0]]) 
print ("Masked array : ", mask_arr) 
    
# applying MaskedArray.average    
# methods to masked array
out_arr = ma.average(mask_arr) 
print ("normal average of masked array : ", out_arr) 


Output:

Input array :  [[ 1  2]
 [ 3 -1]
 [ 5 -3]]
Masked array :  [[-- 2]
 [-- -1]
 [5 -3]]
normal average of masked array :  0.75

 

Code #2 :




# Python program explaining
# numpy.MaskedArray.average() method 
    
# importing numpy as geek  
# and numpy.ma module as ma 
import numpy as geek 
import numpy.ma as ma 
    
# creating input array  
in_arr = geek.array([[1, 2], [ 3, -1], [ 5, -3]])
print ("Input array : ", in_arr) 
    
# Now we are creating a masked array. 
# by making  entry as invalid.  
mask_arr = ma.masked_array(in_arr, mask =[[1, 0], [ 1, 0], [ 0, 0]]) 
print ("Masked array : ", mask_arr) 
    
# applying MaskedArray.average    
# methods to masked array
out_arr = ma.average(mask_arr, weights =[[0, 1], [ 0, 2], [ 3, 1]]) 
print ("weighted average of masked array : ", out_arr) 


Output:

Input array :  [[ 1  2]
 [ 3 -1]
 [ 5 -3]]
Masked array :  [[-- 2]
 [-- -1]
 [5 -3]]
weighted average of masked array :  1.7142857142857142


Last Updated : 13 Oct, 2019
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