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Function `std.algorithm.iteration.mean`

Finds the mean (colloquially known as the average) of a range.


						
				T mean(T, R)
				(
				

				  R r
				

				)
				

				if (isInputRange!R && isNumeric!(ElementType!R) && !isInfinite!R);
				

				

				auto mean(R, T)
				(
				

				  R r,
				

				  T seed
				

				)
				

				if (isInputRange!R && !isNumeric!(ElementType!R) && is(typeof(r.front + seed)) && is(typeof(r.front / size_t(1))) && !isInfinite!R);

For built-in numerical types, accurate Knuth & Welford mean calculation is used. For user-defined types, element by element summation is used. Additionally an extra parameter seed is needed in order to correctly seed the summation with the equivalent to 0.

The first overload of this function will return T.init if the range is empty. However, the second overload will return seed on empty ranges.

This function is Ο(r.length).

Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the return value.
r	An input range
seed	For user defined types. Should be equivalent to `0`.

Returns

The mean of r when r is non-empty.

Example

import std.math : approxEqual, isNaN;

static immutable arr1 = [1, 2, 3];
static immutable arr2 = [1.5, 2.5, 12.5];

assert(arr1.mean.approxEqual(2));
assert(arr2.mean.approxEqual(5.5));

assert(arr1[0 .. 0].mean.isNaN);

Authors

Andrei Alexandrescu

License

Boost License 1.0.