How do i get an average result in a table?

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#1

so i have a table with bools right? and i want to see what bool is most common. for example:

1 = true
2 = true
3 = fale

in this case “true” would be the most common and therefore the output would be true

1 = false
2 = true
3 = false

In this case false would be most common, so the output would be false

How do i do this? can i do this?

#2

i think i found a solution atleast for tables of 3:

A loop for the table, then add toa number. when a bool is true.

If that number is greater than 1 then make the output true, else make it false

I still dont have a solution for more than 3 tho

#3 
local TestTable = {
	[1] = true, 
	[2] = true, 
	[3] = false, 
	[4] = false, 
	[5] = false,
	[6] = false
}

local GetAvg = function(Table)
	local Values = {["true"] = 0, ["false"] = 0} 

	for i,v in pairs(Table) do 
		Values[tostring(v)] += 1
	end 

	if (Values["true"] == Values["false"]) then 
		return nil --// both are equal, return nil
	elseif (Values["true"] > Values["false"]) then 
		return true 
	else 
		return false
	end
end 

print(GetAvg(TestTable))
#4

If true is 1 and false is -1, you just add everything up and see if the final number is positive or negative. If it’s zero, then both are equally common.

local sum: number = 0
for _, v in t do --t is the table with your booleans
    sum += if v then 1 else -1
end
local mostCommon: boolean? = if sum == 0 then nil else sum > 0 --nil if both are equally common
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