{{alias}}() Returns an accumulator function which incrementally computes a statistical summary. If provided a value, the accumulator function returns an updated summary. If not provided a value, the accumulator function returns the current summary. The returned summary is an object containing the following fields: - count: count. - max: maximum value. - min: minimum value. - range: range. - midrange: mid-range. - sum: sum. - mean: arithmetic mean. - variance: unbiased sample variance. - stdev: corrected sample standard deviation. - skewness: corrected sample skewness. - kurtosis: corrected sample excess kurtosis. For long running accumulations or accumulations of large numbers, care should be taken to prevent overflow. Returns ------- acc: Function Accumulator function. Examples -------- > var accumulator = {{alias}}(); > var s = accumulator() {} > s = accumulator( 2.0 ) {...} > s = accumulator( -5.0 ) {...} > s = accumulator() {...} See Also --------