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+function statsCell = meanStats(data, varargin)
+%MEANSTATS calculates mean statistics.
+%
+% AUTHOR: Maximilian C. M. Fischer
+% COPYRIGHT (C) 2022-2023 Maximilian C. M. Fischer
+% LICENSE: EUPL v1.2
+%
+
+p = inputParser;
+addRequired(p,'data',@(x) validateattributes(x,{'numeric'},{'ncols', 1}))
+addParameter(p,'format', 'long',@(x) any(validatestring(x,{'long','short'})));
+addOptional(p,'fSpec', '% 1.1f',@ischar);
+parse(p,data,varargin{:});
+fSpec = p.Results.fSpec;
+format = p.Results.format;
+
+MEAN=nanmean(data);
+STD(1)=nanstd(data);STD(2)=MEAN-STD(1);STD(3)=MEAN+STD(1);
+RNG(1)=range(data);RNG(2)=min(data);RNG(3)=max(data);
+
+switch format
+    case 'long'
+        statsCell = {[...
+            num2str(MEAN,fSpec) ' (' num2str(STD(1),fSpec) ', ' ...
+            num2str(RNG(2),fSpec) ' to ' num2str(RNG(3),fSpec) ')']};
+    case 'short'
+        statsCell = {[num2str(MEAN,fSpec) ' ' char(177) ' ' num2str(STD(1),fSpec)]};
+end
+
+end
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