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Average Calculation Function
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Average Calculation Function

EasyPython

Problem

Axon Evidence records can contain numeric metadata such as file size or processing duration. Given an in-memory collection of records and a field name, calculate the arithmetic mean of that field across all records that contain it.

Formal Specification

Implement average_field(records, field).

  • records is a list of dictionaries, where each dictionary represents one Axon Evidence record.
  • field is a string naming the desired field.
  • The selected field contains integers or floating-point numbers when present.
  • Ignore records that do not contain field.
  • Return the average as a floating-point number.
  • At least one record contains the requested field.

Constraints

  • 1 <= len(records) <= 10^5
  • Each record contains at most 20 fields
  • At least one record contains the requested field
  • Numeric values are finite integers or floating-point numbers
  • Do not modify the input records

Function Signature

def average_field(records, field):
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