How can I group data points together

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Matthew Suddith
Matthew Suddith on 30 Nov 2020
Commented: Rena Berman on 6 May 2021
I need to "bin" data points together into one number. This file has 70,000 lines of data points, in unevenly spaced, often repeating increments. For example, I need to average all the different numbers (2.419, 2.417, 2.405, etc...) with decimals into 2.000.
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Matthew Suddith
Matthew Suddith on 2 Dec 2020
Thank you! I meant to edit it but I completely deleted it and couldnt figure out how to get it back.
Rena Berman
Rena Berman on 6 May 2021
(Answers Dev) Restored edit

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Cris LaPierre
Cris LaPierre on 30 Nov 2020
It doesn't sound like you want to average them. For the example you've given, why not just round the numbers down to 2? The functions round, ceil, floor and fix might be of interest to you.
vals = [2.419, 2.417, 2.405];
round(vals)
ans = 1×3
2 2 2
ceil(vals)
ans = 1×3
3 3 3
floor(vals)
ans = 1×3
2 2 2
fix(vals)
ans = 1×3
2 2 2
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Matthew Suddith
Matthew Suddith on 2 Dec 2020
That worked. How could I plot my rounded data and the original data in one plot for a direct comparison, is that doable?

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