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Total
Total
[
list
]
gives the total of the elements in
list
.
Total
[
list
,
n
]
totals all elements down to level
n
.
Total
[
list
, {
n
}]
totals elements at level
n
.
Total
[
list
, {
n
1
,
n
2
}]
totals elements at levels
n
1
through
n
2
.
MORE INFORMATION
Total
[
list
]
is equivalent to
Apply
[
Plus
,
list
]
.
»
Total
[
list
,
Infinity
]
totals all elements at any level in
list
.
»
For a 2D array or matrix:
»
Total
[
list
]
or
Total
[
list
, {1}]
totals for each column
Total
[
list
, {2}]
totals for each row
Total
[
list
, 2]
overall total of all elements
Total
[
f
[
e
1
,
e
2
,
...
]]
gives the sum of the
e
i
for any head
f
.
»
Total
[
list
,
Method
->"CompensatedSummation"]
uses compensated summation to reduce numerical error in the result.
»
Total
works with
SparseArray
objects.
»
EXAMPLES
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Total the values in a list:
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Scope
(6)
Generalizations & Extensions
(1)
Options
(1)
Applications
(3)
Properties & Relations
(2)
SEE ALSO
Plus
Accumulate
Tr
Mean
Count
Norm
Sum
Max
TUTORIALS
Basic Statistics
MORE ABOUT
Arithmetic Functions
Discrete & Integer Data
List Manipulation
Math & Counting Operations on Lists
Mathematical Functions
Matrices and Linear Algebra
Numerical Data
Operations on Vectors
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