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Total Function
Usage
Total[list] gives the total of the elements in list. Total[list, n] totals all elements down to level n. Total[list, {n}] totals elements at level n. Total[list, {n1, n2}] totals elements at levels n1 through n2.
Basic example
Total the values in a list: In[1]:=Total[{a, b, c, d}] Out[1]=a + b + c + d
Options
AllowedHeads | Method
Common option value
Method | "CompensatedSummation"
Attribute
Protected
Relationships with other entities
Plus | Accumulate | Tr | Mean | Count | Norm | Sum | Max | SparseArray
Typical ranks of usage in programs
151st most common (1 in 3650 symbols)
213th most common (1 in 3690 symbols)
139th most common (1 in 1770 symbols)
History
introduced in Version 5 (June 2003) last modified in Version 12 (April 2019)
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