Template:Average change/doc

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This template uses Lua:

Module:Average change

This template will calculate the average change (increase or decrease) of up to 6 given numerical values, either as actual or in percentage format.

Usage

{{Average change|Value 1|Value 2|Values 3-6 (optional)|class|omitop (optional)}}

Parameters

|class=actual OR percent, specifies whether the output should work out an actual average change or the equivalent percentage change. Default is actual if unspecified
|omitop=yes, optional, defines whether the operator (minus sign) should be omitted (for example, -2.50 would show an output of 2.5)

Examples

{{Average change|10|20|30|40|50}} → 10.00
{{Average change|10.4|20.1|35|26}} → 5.20
{{Average change|10.4|20.1|35|26|class=percent}} → 47.23
{{Average change|50|46|47|42|40}} → -2.50
{{Average change|50|46|47|42|40|omitop=yes}} → 2.50