average number in a list python code example

Example 1: find average of list python

list = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]

# for older versions of python
average_method_one = sum(list) / len(list) 
# for python 2 convert len to a float to get float division
average_method_two = sum(list) / float(len(list))

# round answers using round() or ceil()
print(average_method_one)
print(average_method_two)

Example 2: how to use a function to find the average in python

avreage_cost = cost
    avg = sum(avreage)/len(avreage) 
    print("The average amout you spent is ", round(avg,2))