# Average transform action

## Use case

You received a list of users from an API that contains the user's ages.

You have mapped to the age attribute of the user dictionaries and would like to calculate the average of the new list of integers to get the average age of the users.

## Overview

Returns the average, or arithmetic mean, of a list of numbers.

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## Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="217">Parameter</th><th width="417.3333333333333">Description</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>List</td><td>List to average</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>false</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Usage

<details>

<summary>Example: Calculate the average of a list</summary>

Inputs: **List**: \[2,3,3,5,7,10]

</details>

## Results output

Result of example:

```
5
```


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