Function: mean

Average integer elements in array

USAGE: mean arrayname varname

mean()
{     
  local arrayname=${1:?Array name required} varname=${2:-var}
  local total=0 v n=0
  

Copy the array, $arrayname, to local array

  eval "array=( \"\${$arrayname[@]}\" )"
  for v in "${array[@]}"
  do
    case $v in *[!0-9-]*) continue ;; esac
    total=$(( total + v ))
    n=$(( n + 1 ))
  done
  printf -v "$varname" "%d" "$(( total / n ))"
}