3 # cumulative_average - compute the cumulative average
5 # Copyright (C) 2015 Antonio Ospite <ao2@ao2.it>
7 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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21 def cumulative_average(old_average, n_samples, new_sample):
22 return ((old_average * (n_samples - 1)) + new_sample) / n_samples
26 values = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
28 for i, value in enumerate(values):
29 average = cumulative_average(average, i + 1, value)
32 if __name__ == "__main__":