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Class Statistics

java.lang.Object

acm.Statistics

public class Statistics
extends Object

This class provides some simple statistical functions.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static double	maximum(String values) Returns the maximum of the values of the given string.
static double	mean(String values) Returns the mean of the values of the given string.
static double	median(String values) Returns the median of the values of the given string.
static double	minimum(String values) Returns the minimum of the values of the given string.
static double	standardDeviation(String values) Returns the standard deviation of the values of the given string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

minimum

public static double minimum(String values)

Returns the minimum of the values of the given string.

Parameters:

values - a string of values.

Precondition:

values consists of one or more doubles separated by whitespace.

Returns:

the minimum of the values of the given string.

maximum

public static double maximum(String values)

Returns the maximum of the values of the given string.

Parameters:

values - a string of values.

Precondition:

values consists of one or more doubles separated by whitespace.

Returns:

the maximum of the values of the given string.

mean

public static double mean(String values)

Returns the mean of the values of the given string.

Parameters:

values - a string of values.

Precondition:

values consists of one or more doubles separated by whitespace.

Returns:

the mean of the values of the given string.

median

public static double median(String values)

Returns the median of the values of the given string.

Parameters:

values - a string of values.

Precondition:

values consists of one or more doubles separated by whitespace.

Returns:

the median of the values of the given string.

standardDeviation

public static double standardDeviation(String values)

Returns the standard deviation of the values of the given string.

Parameters:

values - a string of values.

Precondition:

values consists of one or more doubles separated by whitespace.

Returns:

the standard deviation of the values of the given string.