RosettaCodeData/Task/Averages-Root-mean-square/ALGOL-W/averages-root-mean-square.alg
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begin
% computes the root-mean-square of an array of numbers with %
% the specified lower bound (lb) and upper bound (ub) %
real procedure rms( real array numbers ( * )
; integer value lb
; integer value ub
) ;
begin
real sum;
sum := 0;
for i := lb until ub do sum := sum + ( numbers(i) * numbers(i) );
sqrt( sum / ( ( ub - lb ) + 1 ) )
end rms ;
% test the rms procedure with the numbers 1 to 10 %
real array testNumbers( 1 :: 10 );
for i := 1 until 10 do testNumbers(i) := i;
r_format := "A"; r_w := 10; r_d := 4; % set fixed point output %
write( "rms of 1 .. 10: ", rms( testNumbers, 1, 10 ) );
end.