Averages/Simple moving average
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Computing the simple moving average of a series of numbers.
Create a stateful function/class/instance that takes a number as argument and returns a simple moving average of its arguments so far.
Python
<lang python>def simplemovingaverage(period):
assert period == int(period) and period > 0, "Period must be an integer >0" summ = n = 0.0 values = [0.0] * period # old value queue
def sma(x):
nonlocal summ, n, values
n += 1
values.insert(0, x)
summ += x - values.pop()
n = n if n <= period else period
return summ / n
return sma
if __name__ == '__main__':
for period in [3, 5]:
print ("\nSIMPLE MOVING AVERAGE: PERIOD =", period)
sma = simplemovingaverage(period)
for i in range(1,6):
print (" Next number = %-2g, SMA = %g " % (i, sma(i)))
for i in range(5, 0, -1):
print (" Next number = %-2g, SMA = %g " % (i, sma(i)))</lang>
Sample output
SIMPLE MOVING AVERAGE: PERIOD = 3 Next number = 1 , SMA = 1 Next number = 2 , SMA = 1.5 Next number = 3 , SMA = 2 Next number = 4 , SMA = 3 Next number = 5 , SMA = 4 Next number = 5 , SMA = 4.66667 Next number = 4 , SMA = 4.66667 Next number = 3 , SMA = 4 Next number = 2 , SMA = 3 Next number = 1 , SMA = 2 SIMPLE MOVING AVERAGE: PERIOD = 5 Next number = 1 , SMA = 1 Next number = 2 , SMA = 1.5 Next number = 3 , SMA = 2 Next number = 4 , SMA = 2.5 Next number = 5 , SMA = 3 Next number = 5 , SMA = 3.8 Next number = 4 , SMA = 4.2 Next number = 3 , SMA = 4.2 Next number = 2 , SMA = 3.8 Next number = 1 , SMA = 3