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excerpt: "Archive, like Superbasic, is an extendable language through user defined procedures. While Archive does not have any built-in statistical functions, these can easily be added. The following procedures let you calculate the mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation for any numerical field in your data base."
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# Statistical Functions for Archive

Archive, like Superbasic, is an extendable language through user defined procedures. While Archive does not have any built-in statistical functions, these can easily be added. The following procedures let you calculate the mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation for any numerical field in your data base.