On Feb 26, 11:21 pm, Mark Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 26, 11:55 pm, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So use: return sum(number_list) / float(len(number_list)) > > That makes it somewhat more explicit what you want. Otherwise > > But that fails for a list of Decimals... > > Mark
Or complex. Or for rationals if you aren't expecting a conversion to float. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list