Minimum
Within Python, the minimum represents the smallest value in a collection of value as depicted by: Function:min(). This function takes in multiple parameters or any iterable variable and returns the minimum value among those parameters or from that iterable component (Pascual, 2018). An example of this would be:
a = min (3,4)
print(a)
Here, print(a) would be 3 since that is the minimum.
Maximum
Within Python, the maximum represents the largest value in a collection of value as depicted by: Function:max(). This function takes in multiple parameters or any iterable variable and returns the maximum value among those parameters or from that iterable component (Pascual, 2018). An example of this would be:
a = max (3,4)
print(a)
Here, print(a) would be 4 since that is the maximum.
Range
The range represents the range of values from the minimum to the maximum as depicted by: Function:range(start, stop, step). This function takes in three parameters: start, stop, and step. It produces a range containing numbers from start to stop with step as an incrementing factor (Pascual, 2018). Start and stop are optional with stop being mandatory, and the default for start in 0 and step is 1 (Pascual, 2018). An example of this would be:
a = range (3,7)
for q in a:
print(q)
Here, print 3 4 5 6
Count
Count represents the number of values in a collection as depicted by: Function:count(). This function can be used with list, tuples, sets, and strings, and it counts the occurrence of the specific variable being asked for (Pascual, 2018). An example of this would be:
l = [3,4,5,6,7, 3]
a = l.count(3)
print(a)
Here, print(a) will be 2, as 3 is counted 2 times in the list.
Sum
Sum represents the total of the values in a collection as depicted by: Function:sum(iterable, start). This function takes in two parameters. First is an iterable component where all values are summed (Pascual, 2018). Second, is start which gets added to the final value if provided (Pascual, 2018). This function returns the sum of all values in an iterable component. An example of this would be:
l = [3,4,5,6,7, 3]
a = sum(1)
print(a)
Here, print(a) will be 28.
References
Pascual, C. (2018). Basic statistics in python: Descriptive statistics. DataQuest. https://www.dataquest.io/blog/basic-statistics-with-python-descriptive-statistics/
