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Average
Original Average implementation from the supplied Java collection.
Overview
*************************************************************************** Compilation: javac Average.java Execution: java Average < data.txt Dependencies: StdIn.java StdOut.java Reads in a sequence of real numbers, and computes their average. % java Average 10.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 7.0 32.0 [Ctrl-d] Average is 10.5 Note [Ctrl-d] signifies the end of file on Unix. On windows use [Ctrl-z]. ****************************************************************************
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Original course code
Source: code/Average.java. Original logic, comments, variable names and attribution are retained.
Download Average.java/****************************************************************************** * Compilation: javac Average.java * Execution: java Average < data.txt * Dependencies: StdIn.java StdOut.java * * Reads in a sequence of real numbers, and computes their average. * * % java Average * 10.0 5.0 6.0 * 3.0 7.0 32.0 * [Ctrl-d] * Average is 10.5 * * Note [Ctrl-d] signifies the end of file on Unix. * On windows use [Ctrl-z]. * ******************************************************************************/ /** * The {@code Average} class provides a client for reading in a sequence * of real numbers and printing out their average. * <p> * For additional documentation, see <a href="https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/11model">Section 1.1</a> of * <i>Algorithms, 4th Edition</i> by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne. * * @author Robert Sedgewick * @author Kevin Wayne */public class Average { // this class should not be instantiated private Average() { } /** * Reads in a sequence of real numbers from standard input and prints * out their average to standard output. * * @param args the command-line arguments */ public static void main(String[] args) { int count = 0; // number input values double sum = 0.0; // sum of input values // read data and compute statistics while (!StdIn.isEmpty()) { double value = StdIn.readDouble(); sum += value; count++; } // compute the average double average = sum / count; // print results StdOut.println("Average is " + average); }}