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The $sum and $average functions do not appear to allow expressions to be provided as parameters. #307

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@brainesy

When passing an expression to the $sum function, the error "Argument 1 of function "$sum" must be an array of "number" is returned. This also occurs for the $average function, but works fine when using the $min and $max functions.

Example using jsonata4java version 2.4.9

    $sum( $map(  [ "1", "2" ], $number) )

Expected result: 3
Actual result: Error: Argument 1 of function "$sum" must be an array of "number
Result using Javascript version 2.0.5: 3

Other examples using jsonata4java version 2.4.9

    $average( $map(  [ "1", "2" ], $number) )  /* Returns: Argument 1 of function "$sum" must be an array of "number */
    $min( $map(  [ "1", "2" ], $number) )   /* Returns: 1*/
    $max( $map(  [ "1", "2" ], $number) )  /* Returns: 2 */

Other examples using javascript version 2.0.5

    $average( $map(  [ "1", "2" ], $number) )  /* Returns: 1.5 */
    $min( $map(  [ "1", "2" ], $number) )   /* Returns: 1*/
    $max( $map(  [ "1", "2" ], $number) )  /* Returns: 2 */

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