Python: Finding average of a nested list

Question

I have a list

a = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]

Now I want to find the average of these inner list so that

a = [(1+4+7)/3,(2+5+8)/         


        

Answer 1

If you have numpy installed:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> a = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]
>>> arr = np.array(a)
>>> arr
array([[1, 2, 3],
       [4, 5, 6],
       [7, 8, 9]])
>>> np.mean(arr)
5.0
>>> np.mean(arr,axis=0)
array([ 4.,  5.,  6.])
>>> np.mean(arr,axis=1)
array([ 2.,  5.,  8.])