User`s guide

List Function Chapter 6

3. Manipulating List Data

List data can be used in arithmetic and function calculations. There is also a collec-

tion of powerful list data manipulation functions that let you do the following.

•Count the number values (Dim)

•Replace all cell values with the same value (Fill)

•Generate a sequence of numbers (Seq)

• Find the minimum value in a list (Min)

• Find the maximum value in a list (Max)

•Find which of two lists contains the smallest value (Min)

•Find which of two lists contains the greatest value (Max)

•Calculate the mean of list values (Mean)

•Calculate the mean of values of specified frequency (Mean)

•Calculate the median of values in a list (Med)

•Calculate the median of values of specifies frequency (Med)

•Calculate the sum of values in a list (Sum)

You can use list data manipulation functions in the RUN, STAT, LIST, TABLE, or

PRGM Mode.

k Accessing the List Data Manipulation Function Menu

All of the following examples are performed in the RUN Mode.

Press K and then 1 (LIST). This menu has three pages and you can advance to

the next page by pressing [.

Note that all closing parentheses at the end of the following operations can be omitted.

uTo count the number of values (Dim)

K1(LIST)3(Dim)1(List) <list number 1-6> w

• The number of cells that contain data in a list is called its “dimension.”

Example To enter the RUN Mode and count the number of values in List 1

(36, 16, 58, 46, 56)

AK1(LIST)3(Dim)

1(List)bw