RosettaCodeData/Task/Averages-Arithmetic-mean/ALGOL-W/averages-arithmetic-mean.alg
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% procedure to find the mean of the elements of a vector. %
% As the procedure can't find the bounds of the array for itself, %
% we pass them in lb and ub %
real procedure mean ( real array vector ( * )
; integer value lb
; integer value ub
) ;
begin
real sum;
assert( ub > lb ); % terminate the program if there are no elements %
sum := 0;
for i := lb until ub do sum := sum + vector( i );
sum / ( ( ub + 1 ) - lb )
end mean ;
% test the mean procedure by finding the mean of 1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.5 %
real array numbers ( 1 :: 5 );
for i := 1 until 5 do numbers( i ) := i + ( i / 10 );
r_format := "A"; r_w := 10; r_d := 2; % set fixed point output %
write( mean( numbers, 1, 5 ) );
end.