MySQL AVG() function

MySQL AVG() function

• AVG function to calculate the average value of a set of values or an expression.
• The AVG() function returns the average value of a numeric column.
• If the function does not find a matching row, it returns NULL
• The DISTINCT option can also be used to return the average of the distinct values of expr.

SELECT AVG(column_name) FROM table_name WHERE condition;

SELECT AVG(distinct column_name) FROM table_name WHERE condition;

Example1:

mysql> SELECT AVG(no_page) FROM book_mast;
+--------------+
| AVG(no_page) |
+--------------+
|     286.6250 | 
+--------------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

Example: 2

To calculate average buy price of all products in the products table, you use the AVG() function as shown in the following query:

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