ILE COBOL Language Reference


MIDRANGE

The MIDRANGE function returns a numeric value that approximates the arithmetic average of the values of the minimum argument and the maximum argument.

The function type is numeric.

Format
 
                         .------------.
                         V            |
>>-FUNCTION MIDRANGE--(----argument-1-+--)---------------------><
 
 
argument-1
Must be class numeric.

The returned value is the arithmetic mean of the value of the greatest argument-1 and the value of the least argument-1. The comparisons used to determine the greatest and least values are made according to the rules for simple conditions. For more information, see Conditional Expressions.

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