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find average of list python

list = [15, 18, 2, 36, 12, 78, 5, 6, 9]

# for older versions of python
average_method_one = sum(list) / len(list) 
# for python 2 convert len to a float to get float division
average_method_two = sum(list) / float(len(list))

# round answers using round() or ceil()
print(average_method_one)
print(average_method_two)

average python

def cal_average(num):
    sum_num = 0
    for t in num:
        sum_num = sum_num + t           

    avg = sum_num / len(num)
    return avg

print("The average is", cal_average([18,25,3,41,5]))