lekirst

I have a message object which fills itself with a list of numbers (the amount of numbers in this list varies)

Now I want to know it the numbers in the list are slowly become higher as the sequence goes on. Or if the numbers become lower.

76 76 75 75 75 74 74 74 73 79 84 83 82 83 83 83 84 83 83 82

However, it could be that during the list the numbers stagnate a little, like above example. 

I have a message object which fills itself with a list of numbers (the amount of numbers in this list varies)
Now I want to know it the numbers in the list are slowly become higher as the sequence goes on. Or if the numbers become lower. 

However, it could be that during the list the numbers stagnate a little, like above example. 


is-the-number-becoming-higherlower-over-time

This gets the mean value of a list if that helps?

If you want something different let me know.

I want to see whether the number becomes bigger or smaller over time. Just having the mean is not enough. It is about whether the number changes. I would need something like this: but then more accurate. 

here's one (crude) way to do it: output the list numbers one by one, and have two counters - one that counts if a number was larger than the previous one, and one that counts if the number was smaller than the previous one.

if there have been more decreases than increases, this list's numbers tend to decrease.

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grizzzly540: What you posted can be written more simply with the [change] objects:

(also use Edit -> Copy Compressed, it's much neater in the forums!)

@grizzly: your solution would say "smaller" if the next number was the same.

@lekirst: you haven't really told us how this stream is being generated, so we can't really know for sure, but the following little bit will slice off the left-most member of the list and show you one of the three outcomes.

I wasn't familiar with the change + object, really solved the issue!

is the number becoming higher/lower over time?