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34 changes: 34 additions & 0 deletions Maths/StandardDeviation.js
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/*
* Returns the standard deviation given an array of integers
* @param int[] nums array of integers
* @return int standard deviation
* @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation
*/
function standardDeviation(nums) {

if (nums.length < 2) {
throw new Error("At least two numbers in input array are required!");
}
if (!Array.isArray(nums)) {
throw new TypeError("Array required!");
}

let sum = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
if (!Number.isInteger(nums[i])) {
throw new TypeError("Integer type required in array input!");
}
sum += nums[i];
}
let avg = sum/nums.length;
let deviationSquareSum = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
let square = Math.pow((nums[i]-avg),2);
deviationSquareSum += square;
}

return(Math.sqrt(deviationSquareSum/nums.length));
}

export {standardDeviation}
32 changes: 32 additions & 0 deletions Maths/test/StandardDeviation.test.js
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import { standardDeviation } from "../StandardDeviation.js";

test("Calculate STD of 3,5,6,10,23,12,19", ()=>{
expect(standardDeviation([3,5,6,10,23,12,19])).toBeCloseTo(6.9164105353773);
})

test("Calculate STD of -2,-5,1,12,23,-81,-23", () => {
expect(standardDeviation([-2,-5,1,12,23,-81,-23])).toBeCloseTo(31.598889156399);
})

test("Calculate STD of 0,0,0", () => {
expect(standardDeviation([0,0,0])).toBeCloseTo(0);
})

test("Calculate STD of -7,7", () => {
expect(standardDeviation([-7,7])).toBeCloseTo(7);
})

test("Throw error - array has less than two items", () => {
expect(() => standardDeviation([])).toThrow();
expect(() => standardDeviation([7])).toThrow();
})

test("Throw type error - not an array", () => {
expect(() => standardDeviation(2)).toThrow();
expect(() => standardDeviation("not an array")).toThrow();
})

test("Throw type error - not a number inside array", () => {
expect(() => standardDeviation([5,"not a number",2])).toThrow();
expect(() => standardDeviation([1,[2],3])).toThrow();
})
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