diff --git a/maths/series/arithmetic_mean.py b/maths/series/arithmetic_mean.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b5d64b63a --- /dev/null +++ b/maths/series/arithmetic_mean.py @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +""" +ARITHMETIC MEAN : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_mean + +""" + + +def is_arithmetic_series(series: list) -> bool: + """ + checking whether the input series is arithmetic series or not + + >>> is_arithmetic_series([2, 4, 6]) + True + >>> is_arithmetic_series([3, 6, 12, 24]) + False + >>> is_arithmetic_series([1, 2, 3]) + True + """ + if len(series) == 1: + return True + common_diff = series[1] - series[0] + for index in range(len(series) - 1): + if series[index + 1] - series[index] != common_diff: + return False + return True + + +def arithmetic_mean(series: list) -> float: + """ + return the arithmetic mean of series + + >>> arithmetic_mean([2, 4, 6]) + 4.0 + >>> arithmetic_mean([3, 6, 9, 12]) + 7.5 + >>> arithmetic_mean(4) + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + ValueError: Input series is not valid, valid series - [2, 4, 6] + >>> arithmetic_mean([4, 8, 1]) + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + ValueError: Input list is not an arithmetic series + >>> arithmetic_mean([1, 2, 3]) + 2.0 + >>> arithmetic_mean([]) + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + ValueError: Input list must be a non empty list + + """ + if not isinstance(series, list): + raise ValueError("Input series is not valid, valid series - [2, 4, 6]") + if len(series) == 0: + raise ValueError("Input list must be a non empty list") + if not is_arithmetic_series(series): + raise ValueError("Input list is not an arithmetic series") + answer = 0 + for val in series: + answer += val + return answer / len(series) + + +if __name__ == "__main__": + import doctest + + doctest.testmod()