Statsar Statistics Library

v1.0.1 for .NET

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' COPYRIGHT(C), SIMPLEXAR SOFTWARE LIMITED, 2006-2008.
' All rights reserved.
'
' Use of this copyright notice is precautionary only, and does not imply
' publication or disclosure. The content of this work contains confidential
' and proprietary information of Simplexar Software Limited. Any duplication,
' modification, distribution, or disclosure in any form, in whole, or in part,
' is strictly prohibited without express prior written permission.

' Get namespaces.
Imports System
Imports Simplexar.Statsar

' Start namespace.
Namespace Simplexar.Examples.Statsar

    ' This example loads a simple CSV file from Excel (already included as
    ' part of the distribution) and computes the average of one of the
    ' columns.
    Module Example

        ' The application entry point.
        Public Sub Main()
            Try
                RunExample()
            Catch exception As Exception
                Console.WriteLine(exception)
            End Try
            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to terminate.")
            Console.ReadLine()
        End Sub

        Private Sub RunExample()

            ' Create a calculator.
            Dim calculator As New StatsCalculator()

            ' Use the calculator to load the sheet.
            Dim sheet As DataSheet = calculator.Load( _
                "..\..\..\..\..\Data\ExamResults.csv")

            ' Convert the sheet to a string for display.
            Console.WriteLine(sheet.ToString())

            ' Calculate the mean of the 'EnglishResult' column.
            Console.WriteLine(calculator.Mean("EnglishResult"))

        End Sub

    End Module

End Namespace